Lot 519
Forsyth (Frederick) The Afghan, typescript with mimeographed corrections, signed on the first page "This is the only "working" i.e. copy-edited manuscript of The Afghan in the world. Frederick Forsyth, with an editor's letter with queries with autograph replies by Forsyth, 2006.
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Forsyth (Frederick) The Afghan, 387pp., one side only, typescript with mimeographed corrections, signed on the first page "This is the only "working" i.e. copy-edited manuscript of The Afghan in the world. Frederick Forsyth", with an editor's letter with 9pp. queries with autograph replies by Forsyth also signed on first page, unbound, housed in glass slip-case (separated at joints), 8vo, 2006.
⁂ A working manuscript of this later Forsyth title. Working copies of Forsyth titles are rare at auction, we can only trace one other example.
Description
Forsyth (Frederick) The Afghan, 387pp., one side only, typescript with mimeographed corrections, signed on the first page "This is the only "working" i.e. copy-edited manuscript of The Afghan in the world. Frederick Forsyth", with an editor's letter with 9pp. queries with autograph replies by Forsyth also signed on first page, unbound, housed in glass slip-case (separated at joints), 8vo, 2006.
⁂ A working manuscript of this later Forsyth title. Working copies of Forsyth titles are rare at auction, we can only trace one other example.