“You’re bearing in mind, aren’t you, that I’ve had a lover?”
“Oh, yes. So have I, if it comes to that. In fact, several. It’s the sort of thing that might happen to anybody.”
“You’re bearing in mind, aren’t you, that I’ve had a lover?”
“Oh, yes. So have I, if it comes to that. In fact, several. It’s the sort of thing that might happen to anybody.”
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SOTHEBY’S — LOT 104 — DOROTHY L. SAYERS
COLLECTIONᅠ OFᅠ TYPESCRIPTSᅠ ANDᅠ MANUSCRIPTSᅠ OFᅠ HERᅠ DETECTIVEᅠ STORIESᅠ ANDᅠ OTHERᅠ WORKS,ᅠ INCLUDING:
(i)ᅠ Carbon-copyᅠ typescriptsᅠ ofᅠ threeᅠ Lordᅠ Peterᅠ Wimseyᅠ storiesᅠ publishedᅠ inᅠ Lordᅠ Peterᅠ Viewsᅠ theᅠ Bodyᅠ (Gollancz,ᅠ 1928).
(ii)ᅠ Topᅠ copyᅠ typescriptᅠ ofᅠ theᅠ Lordᅠ Peterᅠ Wimseyᅠ novelᅠ Strongᅠ Poisonᅠ (Gollancz,ᅠ 1930),ᅠ withᅠ someᅠ autographᅠ deletionsᅠ andᅠ insertions,ᅠ 365ᅠ pages,ᅠ [c.1930].
(iii)ᅠ Twoᅠ typescriptsᅠ ofᅠ theᅠ Lordᅠ Peterᅠ Wimseyᅠ novelᅠ Murderᅠ Mustᅠ Advertiseᅠ (Gollancz,ᅠ 1933),ᅠ bothᅠ carbon-copy,ᅠ lackingᅠ aᅠ fewᅠ leaves,ᅠ bothᅠ c.475ᅠ pages;ᅠ withᅠ jocularᅠ pencilᅠ sketchᅠ byᅠ Johnᅠ Gilroy,ᅠ perhapsᅠ ofᅠ Lordᅠ Peterᅠ Wimsey.
(v)ᅠ Collectionᅠ ofᅠ typescriptsᅠ andᅠ otherᅠ materialᅠ relatingᅠ toᅠ theᅠ Lordᅠ Peterᅠ Wimseyᅠ playᅠ andᅠ novelᅠ Busman’sᅠ Honeymoon:ᅠ theᅠ typescriptᅠ ofᅠ ᅠ theᅠ novelᅠ (Gollancz,ᅠ 1937),ᅠ overᅠ 500ᅠ pages;ᅠ twoᅠ typescriptsᅠ ofᅠ theᅠ dramaticᅠ adaptation,ᅠ (oneᅠ aᅠ top-copyᅠ withᅠ extensiveᅠ autographᅠ revisions),ᅠ overᅠ 280ᅠ pages;ᅠ twoᅠ copiesᅠ ofᅠ theᅠ firstᅠ edition;ᅠ a bundleᅠ ofᅠ approximatelyᅠ 500ᅠ theatreᅠ returns;ᅠ relatedᅠ correspondenceᅠ includingᅠ lettersᅠ byᅠ Murelᅠ St.ᅠ Clareᅠ Byrneᅠ (Sayers’ᅠ collaborator),ᅠ Peterᅠ Haddon,ᅠ Rupertᅠ Hart-Davisᅠ andᅠ othersᅠ (allᅠ toᅠ Sayers,ᅠ 1930s);ᅠ andᅠ anᅠ autographᅠ manuscriptᅠ byᅠ Sayersᅠ ofᅠ extractᅠ ofᅠ reviewsᅠ ofᅠ theᅠ play.
(x)ᅠ Collectionᅠ ofᅠ materialᅠ relatingᅠ toᅠ real-lifeᅠ murderᅠ andᅠ criminalᅠ trials,ᅠ includingᅠ threeᅠ notebooksᅠ ofᅠ autographᅠ jottingsᅠ inᅠ inkᅠ andᅠ pencil.