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Carbon copy

A manuscript or letter that was created using carbon paper, i.e. the second (or later) copy in the typewriter, a device used by hard-drinking authors before the invention of the personal computer (if you need a ribbon for one, good luck). Carbon copies of manuscripts can be collectible if they exhibit hand corrections. This carbon copy of a book contract offered in our Catalog 76 had the added bonus of being signed by the notoriously private author J.D. Salinger.

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Cover Image: Bad Boys by CISNEROS, Sandra

$3,500.00

CISNEROS, Sandra

Bad Boys

(San Jose, CA): Mango Publications 1980. First edition. Stapled illustrated wraps with slightly bumped corner and tiny tear to rear wrap else fine. First stand-alone work from... more>>

Cover Image: [Screenplay] Bliss by CAREY, Peter and Ray Lawerence

$1,500.00

CAREY, Peter and Ray Lawerence

[Screenplay] Bliss

Sydney: Window III Productions 1983. Quarto. Brad bound with unprinted card covers, near fine with minor rubbing. Signed by Carey.... more>>

Cover Image: Invisible Man by ELLISON, Ralph

$1,250.00

ELLISON, Ralph

Invisible Man

New York: Random House 1952. First edition. Near fine, with the spine lettering rubbed as usual, in a moderately worn, very good dustwrapper with some internal... more>>

Cover Image: In the Lake of the Woods by O'BRIEN, Tim

$850.00

O'BRIEN, Tim

In the Lake of the Woods

(London): Flamingo (1994). First English edition. Author's copy. Fine in wraps with minor rubbing. Signed and more>>

Cover Image: Disguises by MCEWAN, Ian

$750.00

MCEWAN, Ian

Disguises

N.p.: De Roos 1984. First separate edition. Illustration by Tom Eyzenbach. Fine in fine dustwraper. One of 175 numbered copies; this is #23. From the... more>>

Cover Image: [Screenplay] The Missouri Breaks by McGUANE, Thomas

$750.00

McGUANE, Thomas

[Screenplay] The Missouri Breaks

Hollywood, CA / Bucks: EK Corporation 1975. Quarto. Brad bound in wraps. Fine. Signed by the author. Made into the 1976 film directed by Arthur... more>>

Cover Image: The Gold Bug Variations by POWERS, Richard

$750.00

POWERS, Richard

The Gold Bug Variations

New York: William Morrow and Company 1991. Uncorrected bound galley. Brad-bound in wraps. Fine. From the Library of Bruce Kahn. more>>

Cover Image: Verve: The French Review of Art: Volume Two, Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939

$600.00

Verve: The French Review of Art: Volume Two, Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939

Paris: Verve 1939. First edition. Folio pictorial wrappers. Director, E. Teriade. Cover illustrated by Aristide Maillol. Spine crease, corners thumbed,... more>>

Cover Image: Streets of Night by DOS PASSOS, John

$600.00

DOS PASSOS, John

Streets of Night

New York: George H. Doran (1923). First edition, first issue. Slight wear at the spine ends, near fine in fair dustwrapper with three chips on the spine, and other... more>>

Cover Image: Netsuke: A comprehensive study based on the M.T. Hindson Collection by DAVEY, Neil K.

$500.00

DAVEY, Neil K.

Netsuke: A comprehensive study based on the M.T. Hindson Collection

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet (1974). First American edition. First published in the United Kingdom in 1974 by Faber & Faber Ltd. Quarto. 564pp. Preface by W.W. Winkworth.... more>>

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