Title
“The Adventure of Black Peter”
Date
1904
Subject
Original holograph manuscript
Description
Different in appearance than my other Return manuscripts, “The Adventure of Black Peter” was written on 23 loose ruled foolscap folio pages, fastened with a brad at the upper left corner. Conan Doyle gifted the manuscript to publisher Peter F. Collier prior to having his Holmes manuscripts bound. It remains one of the few in its original form. Accompanying the manuscript is a note from Conan Doyle that reads: “To Mr. Collier with best Xmas wishes Dec. 1908.”
Format
23 loose pages, 12⅝ × 8 in, fastened with a brad at top left corner
With holograph note to publisher Peter F. Collier, signed December 1908
With holograph note to publisher Peter F. Collier, signed December 1908