Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 270
Manuscript to an Unpublished Short Murder Mystery by A.A. Milne.
Estimate: $500 - $700
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Milne, A.A. Manuscript to an Unpublished Short Murder Mystery by A.A. Milne. Five pages, on rectos only, accompanied by the original mailing envelope stamped 1933, enclosing the manuscript to Milne’s close friend Vincent Seligman, being a short/partial manuscript to a whimsical murder-mystery styled after and referencing Sherlock Holmes (“Elementary my dear Vincent”), that begins, “The case, my dear Vincent,” said the famous detective…” Each page 8 x 5”. Original folds; fine.
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