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BALLANTYNE (R.M.)

10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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BALLANTYNE (R.M.)

Autograph manuscript of The Iron Horse, signed and dated at the end ("R.M.B./ Edin.r 16th Aug.t 1871"), marked up for publication, with title-page, autograph revisions throughout, 332 numbered pages, plus title, unbound, some dust-staining, especially to outer leaves, glue-stain on last page, uncased, 8vo, 1871

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The Iron Horse, or Life on the Line: a tale of the Grand National Trunk Railway was published that same year. Included in the lot is a copy of the first edition, inscribed "To Dear Isobel McKenzie from her loving uncle The Author/ Edinburgh 1871".

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