Original typescript for the 1987 novel Bandits by Elmore Leonard, 408 pages, 8.5 x 11, with approximately 40 pages featuring ink notations and emendations in Leonard’s own hand. The typescript also includes: a limited edition souvenir copy of the opening page, numbered 43/60, signed in black ink by Leonard; a three-page typed correction list, which Leonard has annotated along the top, “Typos, minor changes sent to publisher”; two color mockups of the novel’s original cover design, including an 8.5 x 11 printout and a glossy 8 x 10 photo; and the typescript’s original printer cover annotated in red and black ink by another hand: “Elmore Leonard, 646-8133, Original Typescript, bandits, 4-6-86.”
Also included are two TLSs: the first, signed “Elmore Leonard,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, August 3, 1985, addressed to Irwin T. Holtzman of the Detroit Public Library, in part: “Enclosed, for your rare book auction, galleys of an omnibus edition Arbor House will be bringing out in November: three more titles from out of the past. The copyright dates read Mr. Majestyk, 1974; Swag, 1976; and The Hunted, 1977. But they were all written within a two-year period, at a time when I was writing fast to make a living but was also developing what I consider my present sound, or style.” The second letter, signed “Elmore,” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1987, addressed to the original recipient of the Bandits typescript, in part: “This is the original Bandits typescript (typed y my daughter Jane) from which copies were run off that went to my agent and publisher. I don’t know if it’s worth anything, but it’s yours if you’d like to have it.” In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a beautiful custom-made clamshell case.
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