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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.

This collection consists of materials relating to two of Samuel R. Delany's more famous novels. Materials include two typescripts of his 1973 novel Equinox (originally published as The Tides of Lust), and the corrected galley proofs of Triton (1976).

Also included is the typescript of Delany's 1979 memoir Heavenly Breakfast.

The manuscripts all contain holograph corrections and revisions by Delany.  There is also a note contextualizing the manuscript on the first page of each item.

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Typescript of The Heavenly Breakfast: An Essay on the Winter of Love by Samuel R. Delany. Folder contains 3 leaves of front matter (title page, disclaimer, and epigraph) and pages 1-100. It contains a signed holograph note by Delany contextualizing the manuscript on the first page and numerous holograph corrections throughout. Typescript dates from circa 1973 and was published by Bantam Books in 1979.
Also included is a photocopy of a TLS from Delany to Frederik Pohl submitting the manuscript for consideration.

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Typescript of The Heavenly Breakfast: An Essay on the Winter of Love pages 101-197.