Lot 288
Lot 288
Working autograph manuscript for a short story

Bret Harte, ca. 1890s

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    Working autograph manuscript for a short story

    Bret Harte, ca. 1890s

    Price Realised USD 3,024
    Price Realised USD 3,024
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    HARTE, Bret (1836-1902). Autograph manuscript signed ("Bret Harte"), a draft of a short story entitled, "Ashore at Del Norte," [London? 1890s?].

    Eight pages, 212 x 179mm (several leaves composed of two sheets glued together, very light toning). Blue cloth clamshell.

    Harte's working manuscript for a short story evoking his early days on the northern coast of California as an express messenger. This western, set on the shores of the Pacific at Del Norte, near the Oregon-California border, features a young girl, a bragging local (Sol Catlin), and a strongbox of securities missing from a shipwreck. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate, her sale, Christie's, in Camarillo, 1-2 February 1988, lot 718).
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