Between the Covers

Unbound. Computer generated manuscripts totaling more than 3400pp. Four manuscripts, representing two versions of the text for an unpublished book, plus a comb bound excerpt of the first chapter, a computer printed mock-up for a proposed but unpublished magazine cover and its accompanying editorial. All near fine with a few creases and tiny tears at the edges of some pages.

The unpublished manuscript is written by Nathaniel Gilbert, a Connecticut journalist, editor, and public relations professional who has contributed articles to *Entrepreneur* and *Public Relations News*. We suspect that the book, a detailed analysis of modern American crime, was being seriously considered for publication in the spring and summer of 2001 before its publication was derailed by the September 11 terrorist attacks which shifted public interest away from domestic concerns such as crime. No surprise the author’s subsequently published book *Democracide* considers the damage the war on terror has caused on several domestic issues, most notably crime prevention.

Two manuscripts are free of annotations while the other two are covered with edits, we presume by the author but suspect some may be from an editor. Laid in are two letters from literary agents dated in the spring and summer of 2001 referencing the book. The cover mock-up and editorial appears to be an aborted magazine effort by Gilbert that segued into this book.

An extensively researched but unrealized book that captured the state of crime in American at the dawn of the new millennium before the war on terror refocused our collective attention.

Manuscripts:
• 892pp. With annotation and correction throughout, in pencil on front wrap; “Y2K Edition 164,450 Words plus Notes.”
• 892pp. With TLS, dated May 21, 2000, from a literary agent retuning this draft and asking for the latest version.
• 730pp. With annotation and correction throughout. With TLS, dated July 19, 2001, from a literary agent returning this revised edition as requested by the author.
• 729pp. A couple scattered corrections.
• 37pp. Chapter one excerpt in comb bound binder.
Magazine art for Crime USA
• Computer printed sheet tipped on board along with an overlay. The cover for the “Premier Issue” dated November 19, 1995 with a feature story on domestic violence.
• Framed copy of the cover in an acrylic frame. Measuring 11” x 14”.
• Framed copy of the first editorial by Gilbert (editor/publisher) in an acrylic frames. Measuring 11” x 14”.

Item #393094