The adventure of the empty house : AMsS, [1903] / A. Conan Doyle.

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The adventure of the empty house : AMsS, [1903] / A. Conan Doyle.

Complete manuscript of the story, with no major corrections, written in three exercise books bound together in vellum. The author's autograph signature appears six times throughout this item.

1 v. (48 p.) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6749680

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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