CARLYLE, THOMAS. Autograph manuscript of "Peter Lithgow of Drumbrath," with extensive deletions, emendations and revisions in the text, n.d. [first leaf watermarked 1827]. 8 1/2 pages, folio, 315 x 194mm. (12 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.), written on the rectos and versos of 5 leaves (2 bifolia and a single leaf), 2 leaves neatly inlaid to a larger sheet, bound in red morocco gilt, t.e.g., worn. | Christie's

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CARLYLE, THOMAS. Autograph manuscript of "Peter Lithgow of Drumbrath," with extensive deletions, emendations and revisions in the text, n.d. [first leaf watermarked 1827]. 8 1/2 pages, folio, 315 x 194mm. (12 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.), written on the rectos and versos of 5 leaves (2 bifolia and a single leaf), 2 leaves neatly inlaid to a larger sheet, bound in red morocco gilt, t.e.g., worn.

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CARLYLE, THOMAS. Autograph manuscript of "Peter Lithgow of Drumbrath," with extensive deletions, emendations and revisions in the text, n.d. [first leaf watermarked 1827]. 8 1/2 pages, folio, 315 x 194mm. (12 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.), written on the rectos and versos of 5 leaves (2 bifolia and a single leaf), 2 leaves neatly inlaid to a larger sheet, bound in red morocco gilt, t.e.g., worn.
Anecdotal recollections of an unusual youth whom Carlyle had known in Edinburgh; the manuscript was left unfinished and is probably unpublished.