A Medley of Moods. Author’s Autograph Manuscript, signed on the first leaf: “By Sydney Porter”

by O. Henry, William Sydney Porter

$25,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Published in Ainslee's Magazine for December 1905; collected in Whirligigs 1910 under the title “Blind Man's Holiday”. 52 pp., ink on paper, with a very few editorial corrections marked in blue. 1 vols. 8vo. Small loss to the top corner of the first leaf, last three leaves torn in half and with old tape repairs. Fine. Burgundy morocco backed drop box, blue cloth chemise. Bookplate of Alain de Suzannet. Provenance: George C. Smith, Jr., his

• Binding: Leather

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