Autograph manuscript for his short story, A Municipal Report

by O. Henry, William Sydney Porter

$25,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Published in Hampton’s Magazine, November, 1909; later collected in Strictly Business 1910 . 59 pp., written in pencil on rectos of unruled paper; bound with the printed appearance of the story, pp. 599-608 in Hampton's Magazine. 1 vols. 4to 253 x 199 mm . Green half-morocco binding with matching slipcase and chemise, a.e.g. Sheets evenly browned; the first leaf with some marginal chips and a repaired closed tear crossing two lines of text ; the

• Binding: Leather

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