Publication material for VALLEY SO LOW - SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN STORIES: Setting Copy, Uncorrected page proofs, bound page proofs, published book in dj (4 items)

Item Details

New York, Double Day Science Fiction (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group), 1987, Hardcover

First Edition, Very - good to FINE

Setting Copy:

The editorial setting copy for this posthumously published collection, edited with an Introduction by Karl Edward Wagner. The copy for the stories consists largely of photocopies of the stories' periodical publications, with editorial and production annotations throughout. Accompanied by a style sheet and a brief t.l.s. from an editor at Doubleday, 13 July 1987, forwarding the copy-edited manuscript to Wagner, requesting that all queries need to be reviewed and answered and the manuscript returned in 8 days.

xii,180 leaves.   Quarto. Largely photocopied typescript, with original editorial annotations throughout, the majority in red ink. Very good.

Uncorrected page proofs:

The master set of page proofs for this posthumously published collection, edited with an Introduction by Karl Edward Wagner. With a typed directive on the title leaf that three stories present in these proofs be omitted from the published book ("Arimetta," "Where the Woodbine Twineth," and "The Dakwa"). 

xii,240,[2]pp.   Loose page proofs, with annotations and excisions in red and black ink, with attached publisher's routing slips and directions. Near fine.

Copy of the bound page proofs

Copy of the bound page proofs (a few smudges to wrappers) in which the stories are still present. 

xii,240,[2]pp plus ca. 30 empty pages

Copy of the published book in dust jacket

a fine copy in dust jacket of the published book, from which the three stories have been omitted.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987. 212pp. Octavo in grey boards with red lettering on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Not price clipped, First Edition