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1 WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE. 1866-1946. Autograph and Typed Manuscript Signed (“H.G. Wells”), being chapters 12-25 of the novel When the Sleeper Wakes, 423 pp, 4to, Heatherlea, Worcester Park, London, c.1898-99. $120,000 – 180,000
2 DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. 1859-1930. Autograph Manuscript Signed (“A Conan Doyle”), entitled “The Problem of Thor’s Bridge” and “Continuation of ‘The Problem of Thor’s Bridge’,” 48 pp in two parts, 8vo and 4to, Crowborough, East Sussex, c.1922. $250,000 – 350,000
3 DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. 1859-1930. Autograph Manuscript Signed (“Conan Doyle”), entitled “The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter,” 34 pp, 4to, South Norwood, London, c.1893. $380,000 – 420,000
4 MILLER, HENRY. 1891-1980. Typed Manuscript with Holograph Annotations, entitled “The World of Sex,” 68 pp, 4to, Big Sur, California, February-April 1957. $15,000 – 20,000
5 DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. 1859-1930. Autograph Manuscript, a single leaf from The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1 p, 4to, n.p., c.1902. $100,000 – 150,000
6 COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE. 1824-1889. Autograph Manuscript, being working drafts of the play “The New Magdalen. A Dra-matic Story in Three Acts.” $60,000 – 80,000
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