Lost Conrad Typescripts

["G. Moore" <G.Moore@let.uva.nl>]

In preparation for a critical edition of Joseph Conrad's novel
*Suspense* (1925) for the Cambridge Edition of the Works of
Joseph Conrad, I am seeking to locate two typescript fragments
of Part IV of the novel: a "typewritten draft" of 38pp 4to with
manuscript corrections (of which some three pages are almost
entirely in Conrad's hand) and a "final correct typewritten
version" of 57pp 4to, thus some 95pp. in all. These were sold
together as Lot 16 of The Richard Curle Collection in April 1927
at the American Art Association in New York. Their last recorded
passage through an auction was at the Anderson Galleries
(American Art Association) in New York on 14-15 April 1937, where
they appeared together as Lot 60 in sale no. 4320, in a half
green morocco slip case.

Any information concerning the present location of these
typescripts would be greatly appreciated.

With many thanks,

Gene M. Moore
Engels Seminarium
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Spuistraat 210
1012 VT  Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS

fax: 31-20-525-3052
e-mail: G.Moore@let.uva.nl