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Title: [Sale catalogue of] Important Autograph Letters and Manuscripts. The Properties of the Heirs of Grace Phillips Johnson [Containing the Original Autograph Manuscript of the Sherlock Holmes story 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'].
Description: Christie, Manson & Woods International, New York,, 1977. 4to., with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. With the printed list of estimates bound in at end.The sale comprised 103 lots. Lot 90 is the original autograph manuscript of the Sherlock Holmes story 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax' (published in book form in 'His Last Bow'). The MS comprises 28 leaves containing approximately 95 minor corrections all in the author's hand. The first page is illustrated in full; the estimate is £12,000-£15,000.

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