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N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Carbon typescript manuscript for an unpublished novel. With holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout, most noting editorial revisions. A chronically ill Palm Springs realtor finds himself unexpectedly framed for murder. Set in Palm Springs, CA. Ordered but unbound leaves, housed in a grey Southworth Typewriter Paper box. Title page present, with credits… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft manuscript for an unpublished collection of poetry by actor Carol Ohmart, writing under the name Carolyn Salt. Carol Ohmart worked with Paramount Pictures in the 1950s-notably in Michael Curtiz's "The Scarlet Hour" (1956)-but enjoyed a prolonged hiatus from film in later years, studying New Age spiritualism through the Los Angeles-based Church of Divine Consciousness… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Original draft typescript for the 1974 prose poem "Romeo, Grown Old." SIGNED by poet James Wright at the top right corner, with his annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout, noting editorial revisions. Stamps of the American Poetry Review and Temple University on the bottom portion of the page. The poem was first published… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Original carbon typescript manuscript of Carl Sandburg's 1959 poem. INSCRIBED by Sandburg to Nelson Riddle: "Nelson Riddle / Ever good wishes / Carl Sandburg." Additional annotations in holograph pencil and ink by Sandburg throughout, as well as a few annotations relating to tempo and structure, presumably made by Riddle, in holograph pencil. The poem was… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Vintage Hüsker Dü setlist, executed in holograph ink by guitarist Bob Mould, from the June 16, 1982 show at San Francisco's On Broadway Theatre, with a corresponding holograph ink annotation of "OB 6-16-82" on the lower right corner of the verso. Full provenance available. The setlist features 20 songs from "Land Speed Record" (1982), "In… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Archive of original material belonging to mystery and crime author Gerald A. Browne, consisting of 19 typed manuscripts, 13 handwritten manuscripts, 8 corrected galleys, 3 screenplays, and extensive handwritten, typed, and xerographically duplicated materials pertaining to all novels in the author's oeuvre. Browne was born and raised in Litchfield County, Connecticut. He attended the University… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage manuscript for a short story, originally published in the December, 1951 issue of "The Link" magazine. With a few holograph pencil annotations throughout addressing grammatical revisions. On Christmas Eve in South Korea, a soldier with tiny feet decides gives his new shoes to a small Korean boy who has been traveling with his outfit.… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Original spirit duplication instructions for Allan Kaprow's "Tree, A Happening," a performance art piece which took place as part of The Yam Festival, at painter and sculptor George Segal's farm in South Brunswick, New Jersey, on May 19, 1963, with Kaprow's contemporary signature, "Kaprow May '63" in holograph ink on top of first page. The instructions… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1976. Draft manuscript for the 1976 novel. With xerographically duplicated holograph annotations, all substantive changes, on nearly every page. The author's ninth novel, about a group of friends, four women their late thirties. Loose leaves, ordered but unbound. Title page present, with credits for novelist RONA JAFFE. Approximately 320 leaves, with last leaf of text… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Ribbon copy typed manuscript for an unproduced play, with essays on the history of the project, the production, casting, and set/costume design written by June Shannon, a drama student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. With extensive holograph annotations in ink and pencil on virtually every page, and 15 hand painted watercolor sketches of set and… Read more

N.p.: [G.P. Putnam's Sons / Viking Press], 2007. Archive containing the author's original corrected printed typescript and corrected galleys for the 2007 novel, both dated February 2006. Annotations in both documents by author William Gibson and a proofreader in various colors of holograph ink (typically Gibson's are in red and proofreaders' are in green). The second novel… Read more

(Los Angeles): N.p., 1981. First draft manuscript for the 1984 novel, dated 1981, and here under the working title "L.A. Death Trip." INSCRIBED by Ellroy on one of two title pages (with another unused title, "Because the Night," crossed out), in which the author identifies this typed manuscript as a "precursor" draft to "Blood on the Moon" and specifies… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Original handwritten manuscript for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is an undated revision page, as well as a receipt from Fisher Graphics itemizing two copies of the script be printed and collated. Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis writing as Hurk Davis. A… Read more

London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. Setting Copy and Publisher's Uncorrected Proof for the 1984 novel "Lies, Inc," the posthumously-published first appearance of author Philip K. Dick's revised novel written from his earlier short story "The Unteleported Man." First published in 1964 in Fantastic Magazine, the rights to "The Unteleported Man" were subsequently purchased by Ace Books, and Dick… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1968. Archive of manuscript material for Rudolph Wurlitzer's 1968 debut novel "Nog," including a complete first draft of the novel, showing significant differences from the published version and with an unpublished final chapter, and over 300 loose manuscript pages, both with extensive holograph annotations throughout. As complete and detailed an archive regarding a writer's creative process as… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Draft manuscript for an unpublished novel, circa 1974. The Saroyan collection at UC Berkeley holds two copies of the manuscript, with slightly shortened titles, from which we date our copy. White untitled self wrappers. Title page present, with credits for novelist William Saroyan. 141 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 139.… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft manuscript for an unpublished collection of early work. Most of the pieces, which include plays, short stories, and poems, were written in the 1940s, and have been published in various editions or collections subsequent to this manuscript. Presumably unpublished material includes occasional brief notes or reflections on the pieces by Williams, alternate versions,… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Original manuscript for an unproduced play, circa 1974. The Saroyan collection at UC Berkeley holds a single copy of the manuscript, from which we date our copy. A follow up to Saroyan's earlier play "Sam the Highest Jumper of Them All." 21 pages, with the last leaf of text numbered 18. Mimeograph… Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Original manuscript for an unpublished short story, circa 1974. The Saroyan collection at UC Berkeley holds two copies of the manuscript, from which we date our copy. 10 pages, with the last leaf of text numbered 7. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine overall without wrappers as issued, bound with a corner staple. … Read more

N.p.: N.p., 1976. Draft manuscript for an unpublished short story, circa 1976. The Saroyan collection at UC Berkeley holds two copies of the manuscript, from which we date our copy. Teal titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, with credits for novelist William Saroyan. 36 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 35. Mimeograph… Read more