- 91
Greene, Graham.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Autograph manuscript of his short story 'The Blessing'
- ink on paper
corrections and revisions throughout, blue ink, 6 pages, folio, stained and with slight smudging, creased at edges
[with:] typescript (numbered 1) with extensive autograph corrections in blue ink, 10 pages, 13 July 1964; typescript (numbered 2), carbon copy, a few autograph corrections, 9 pages; typescript (numbered 3, but identical to 2), carbon copy, extensive autograph corrections, 9 pages; typescript (numbered 4), a few autograph corrections, 9 pages, title page; copies of New Statesman (25 February 1966) and Harper's Magazine (March 1966) where the story was first published, and other related printed matter, in a marbled paper folder and morocco-backed collector's folding box
[with:] typescript (numbered 1) with extensive autograph corrections in blue ink, 10 pages, 13 July 1964; typescript (numbered 2), carbon copy, a few autograph corrections, 9 pages; typescript (numbered 3, but identical to 2), carbon copy, extensive autograph corrections, 9 pages; typescript (numbered 4), a few autograph corrections, 9 pages, title page; copies of New Statesman (25 February 1966) and Harper's Magazine (March 1966) where the story was first published, and other related printed matter, in a marbled paper folder and morocco-backed collector's folding box
Provenance
Anthony Hobson, his sale in these rooms, 28 June 1996, lot 126