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Original Autograph Manuscript
13. The Happy Hypocrite BEERBOHM, Max
[1896]. The original autograph manuscript. 54 hand written pages on 53 foolscap leaves, all but one leaf written on rectos only with extensive deletions, emendations and periodic marginalia throughout. Ten of the versos contain drawings by Beerbohm. Initial notes “To the type-writer - The marks in red chalk merely signify the beginning of a fresh paragraph and are not to be reproduced. / Please be very careful about punctuation / The long lines in red chalk signify a fresh part of the story and are to be reproduced.” All bound in full emerald morocco and housed within a cloth chemise and slipcase. Near fine condition, the first page of manuscript is a little browned and slightly worn from storage before the manuscript was bound and some offsetting from Beerbohm’s brushstroke deletions, but generally very fresh. The binding, probably commissioned shortly after 1907, shows a little wear to the corners but is in excellent condition. [42853] £110,000 The complete original manuscript of Beerbohm’s first work of fiction and one of the most notable and enduring short stories of the 1890s.
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