ID 967488
Lot 288 | Working autograph manuscript for a short story
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Eight pages, 212 x 179mm (several leaves composed of two sheets glued together, very light toning). Blue cloth clamshell.
Harte's working manuscript for a short story evoking his early days on the northern coast of California as an express messenger. This western, set on the shores of the Pacific at Del Norte, near the Oregon-California border, features a young girl, a bragging local (Sol Catlin), and a strongbox of securities missing from a shipwreck. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate, her sale, Christie's, in Camarillo, 1-2 February 1988, lot 718).
| Artist: | Bret Harte (1836 - 1902) |
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| Place of origin: | USA |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Bret Harte (1836 - 1902) |
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| Place of origin: | USA |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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