SOTHEBY SALE November 26, 1957 11/4/57

Following items ordered 11/4/57 by E.J.B. from MAGGS BROS, LTD. LONDON

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#312 STEVENSON, (R.L.) FINE A.L.S s., 3 pp., 8vo (no date) to his publisher Mr. Burlingame of Scribner's, Largely concerning his difficulties with the writing of The Master of Ballantrae

"...There will be another severe engagement over the Master; a large part will have to be rehandled. I am very sorry; but you see what comes of my trying to hurry . . . I am going to recast the whole thing in the third person; this version is one large error. Keep standing (i.e., in type) however the chevalier's narration, as I may leave that in the first person . . ."

#313 STEVENSON (R.L.) The Autograph Manuscript of two stanzas from his poem The Vagabond, 16 lines beginning "Or let Autumn fall on me," 1 page, 4to.

#314 STEVENSON (R.L.) The Autograph Manuscript of his poem The Stormy Evening, two 8-line stanzas, beginning "The stormy evening closes now in vain" 1 page, 4to.