Conrad, Joseph "THE SISTERS", AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT every page revised by the author, mostly in the form of deletions and interlinear revisions, black ink, 28 pages also containing editorial comments or markings in pencil by Edward Garnett, 39 pages, text on rectos only, the first leaf with an additional seven lines of text on a slip of paper (85 x 210mm) attached to the bottom of the leaf with adhesive tape, the first thirty leaves in three gatherings of ten each held together by a brass split pin, lined paper, small folio (272 x 210mm; "Adambury Extra Strong Bank" watermark), 1895-96, housed in a cloth chemise in a crushed brown morocco pull-off case by Bradstreet's, pin holes to thirty leaves, occasional ink smudging and light soiling [with:] carbon copy typescript of "The Sisters", 46 pages, probably c.1920s; typescript copy of a letter by John Quinn to Anderson Galleries requesting the withdrawal of the manuscript from the sale of his collection ("...I think Conrad would consider it a violation of my implied agreement with him to hold it myself..."), New York, 5 September 1923, and two related letters; 14 letters and documents relating to the publication and copyright of "The Sisters", including an incomplete copy of The Bookman (January 1928), 1928-29
Conrad, Joseph "THE SISTERS", AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT every page revised by the author, mostly in the form of deletions and interlinear revisions, black ink, 28 pages also containing editorial comments or markings in pencil by Edward Garnett, 39 pages, text on rectos only, the first leaf with an additional seven lines of text on a slip of paper (85 x 210mm) attached to the bottom of the leaf with adhesive tape, the first thirty leaves in three gatherings of ten each held together by a brass split pin, lined paper, small folio (272 x 210mm; "Adambury Extra Strong Bank" watermark), 1895-96, housed in a cloth chemise in a crushed brown morocco pull-off case by Bradstreet's, pin holes to thirty leaves, occasional ink smudging and light soiling [with:] carbon copy typescript of "The Sisters", 46 pages, probably c.1920s; typescript copy of a letter by John Quinn to Anderson Galleries requesting the withdrawal of the manuscript from the sale of his collection ("...I think Conrad would consider it a violation of my implied agreement with him to hold it myself..."), New York, 5 September 1923, and two related letters; 14 letters and documents relating to the publication and copyright of "The Sisters", including an incomplete copy of The Bookman (January 1928), 1928-29
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