News about Walter Savage Landor

A handwritten Sherlock Holmes manuscript that was annotated by Arthur Conan Doyle is tipped to sell for nearly £1m. The legendary author produced the manuscript for The Sign of Four, his second novel about the fictional detective, in 1889. It was originally sent to J.M Stoddart, an American businessman and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, who wanted to publish the book in the US.

The author produced the text for The Sign of Four, his second novel about the legendary detective, written in 1889 and specially adapted for US readers. The pages covered in crossing-out lines and corrections were originally sent to J.M Stoddart, an American businessman and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, who wanted to publish the book in the US. Stoddart had suggested the concept behind the book at a dinner hosted at London's Langham Hotel also attended by fellow writer. And now the original manuscript has emerged for sale at auctioners Sotherby's New York, with an eye-catching estimate of $1.2million, or £960,000.