A double-barelled detective story : written mainly in Saranac Lake, NY : autograph manuscript signed "Mark Twain," 1901.
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Record ID:
210643
Accession number:
MA 2934
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1977.
Description:
1 item (125 p.) ; 230 cm
Notes:
Written on the rectos of 125 folios, about 20 of which are also written on the verso. Part First foliated 1-35; with 1 additional folio between 20 and 21 labeled 20A. Part Second foliated 1-87; with 1 additional folio between 39 and 40 labeled 39 1/2, and 1 additional folio between 84 and 85 labeled 84 1/2.
Signed "Mark Twain" at end of manuscript.
Summary:
Complete text of "A Double-barelled Detective Story." With notes and emendations to the text throughout, and with additional notes to Harper's concerning spacing and the division of the story into potentially three magazine issues.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (25 cm).
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