Typescript for Medusa's Children with Jacket Mock-Up and Editorial Amendments
by Bob Shaw
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gollancz. London, Gollancz, 1976. Manuscript. Unbound. A nice manuscript with associated ephemera. Comprises: (1) jacket mockup consisting of a card sheet with text pasted on, with transparency overlay noting the required colours. (2) Copy of letter dated 17th Sept 76 from Malcolm Edwards (noted SF editor, publisher and all round SF wizard) enclosing a list of queries having arisen from copy editing (3) 2pp typed letter in reply from Shaw outlining his responses to the changes. Signed 'Bob' (4) Three typed pages from Shaw responding to the queries, including a response to Edwards' wondering about light levels euphotic zone (indeed, wondering what the euphotic zone was - come on Malcolm, try reading a book once in a while). Another nice correction from Edwards is replacing Normalcy with Normality given the latter's increased currency and pleasantness - excellent move Malcolm. (5) 189pp typed manuscript, recto only with corrections throughout by Edwards. [8902, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Unbound. Manuscript. 1976.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyraxia (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8902
- Title
- Typescript for Medusa's Children with Jacket Mock-Up and Editorial Amendments
- Author
- Bob Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Unbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Manuscript
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- CATALOGUE XVI,MANUSCRIPTS,SCIENCE FICTION
Terms of Sale
Hyraxia
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About the Seller
Hyraxia
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Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire
About Hyraxia
Specialist Bookseller dealing in modern first editions and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Unbound
- A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...