AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Dec 2, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 795:
STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr ...
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Sold for: €340
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€300 - €400
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1886). D.S., with his initials R.L.S., in pencil, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Apia, Samoa), n.d. (May 1891?). The partially printed manuscript document, completed in ink, is an invoice prepared for Stevenson by P. H. Krause, a butcher, for a leg of mutton, veal etc., totalling $7.62. Stevenson has approved the invoice, giving his instruction 'Please pay' and signing his initials beneath. The instruction and signature are lightly struck through in pencil, as indication that the transaction was completed, and the invoice is also marked as 'Paid' and signed by Krause. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, a few small holes, mainly to the upper part of the document, only very slightly affecting a few words and the date, and with one neat split to the right edge, G
