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Equinox Typescripts and Triton Long Galley Proofs

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Two typescripts of Equinox by Samuel R. Delany housed in a blue custom box. Typescripts are the original and ribbon copies of an early draft of the novel. The original typescript is 144 leaves, double spaced, typed on rectos only, with an 11 leaf photocopy insert between p. 18 and p.19. It also contains textual revisions in Delany's hand and copy-editing marks in an unknown hand. Ribbon copy is 152 leaves, double-spaced, typed on rectos only, with an 11 leaf photocopy insert between p. 18 and p.19. It contains significant textual revisions in multiple inks. Both typescripts have a signed holograph note by Delany contextualizing the manuscript. Equinox was first published by Lancer Press in 1973 and later republished by Masquerade Books in 1994.

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Long galley proofs in a custom clamshell box of the first edition of Triton, published in 1976 by Bantam Books and nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. This is Delany's set of proofs and they are heavily corrected and annotated by him in pencil. Also in the folder is a signed holograph note by Delany contextualizing the galley proofs on the first page. 119 leaves, printed on recto only.