Merrick (leonard) The Dovecote, Autograph Manuscript Signed, [c.1913]; And An A.l.s From The Same Auction
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Merrick (Leonard) The Dovecote, autograph manuscript signed, [c.1913]; and an A.L.s from the same
Merrick (Leonard) The Dovecote, autograph manuscript signed, [c.1913]; and an A.L.s from the same
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Merrick (Leonard) The Dovecote, autograph manuscript signed, title and 24pp., numerous autograph corrections, some light soiling to title, a few light creases, leaves hole-punched at upper inner corner, housed in a blue morocco-backed drop-back box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, [c.1913]; and an A.L.s from the same, dated Jan. 2nd '29, including mention of a work of his featured on the vaudeville stage and The Dovecote's first appearances in print, 4to & small 4to (2)*** Leonard Merrick (1864-1939), English novelist and short-story writer. A scarce work, we can only trace The Dovecote's first appearances in print in the American "Everybody's Magazine" and English "The Grand Magazine", both in January 1914.
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Merrick (Leonard) The Dovecote, autograph manuscript signed, [c.1913]; and an A.L.s from the same

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