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BALLANTYNE (R.M.)
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Autograph manuscript of Fighting the Flames, marked up for publication, signed at the end (“R.M. Ballantyne/ 9. Sepr. 1867”), with autograph revisions throughout, 383 numbered pages, plus preliminaries, unbound, some dust-staining, especially to outer leaves, fitted cloth case, 8vo, 1867
Footnotes
Fighting the Flames: A Tale of the London Fire Brigade was published the same year. According to his diary (see below) he "Began new Book – Fighting the flames" on 17 April.

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