Autograph manuscript of "Found Dead"
N.p. N.d. [circa 1880?]. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 10 pages, folio (12 1/2 x 8 inches), very closely written in brown ink with some corrections and deletions; in a brown cloth slipcase. With bookplate of Douglas C. Ewing. Occasional spotting. Item #409352
A note on the verso of the last leaf attributes the work to William Russell ("Waters"), the author of 'Recollections of a Detective Police Officer', 1856, and other mystery/crime works – but this has not been verified by a handwriting comparison. The main character in "found dead" is John Atkins, Superannuated Clerk of the Inland Revenue Office, who is suspected of having murdered Mrs. Frances Vernon. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 15 October 1982, lot 223. (BA).
Price: $1,000.00