STOLEN MANUSCRIPT
AMERICAN SENSATION SCOTT’S “GUY MANNERING” NEW YORK, Nov. 22. A general police alarm directed to booksellers throughout the eastern section to-day revealed the theft on October 24 of 200 pages of the original manuscript of Scott’s “Guy Mannering,” the property of Mr. J. P. Morgan, which was loaned to Columbia University for the centenary exhibition. The value is not estimated, but it is assumed to be high. The manuscript was locked in a glass case, and it is assumed that the thieves used a duplicate key. Officials are inclined to believe that the thieves are unfamiliar with manuscripts, as they passed over incomplete manuscripts of “Ivanhoe” and “Waverley,” which are considered to be more valuable. The theft was kept secret for some time in the hope that the thieves would make contact with the owner, as disposal of the manuscript is considered impossible.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17945, 24 November 1932, Page 12
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145STOLEN MANUSCRIPT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17945, 24 November 1932, Page 12
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