Original Setting Typescript for MORNING JOURNEY.
Hilton, James:
[Los Angeles]. [ca. 1951]. 495 leaves, plus a lettered insert or two. Quarto. Carbon typescript, on flimsy. Some modest creasing and marginal fraying, but very good. The setting typescript for James Hilton's penultimate novel, published in the US and UK in 1951, and partaking somewhat, in terms of theme and setting, of Hilton's own years in Hollywood. Though the authorial tinkerings with this draft are not large, being limited to some deletions and an occasional original typed insertion or revision, it bears editorial markings and directions to typesetters throughout. The nature of several of the editorial queries suggests this typescript was utilized for the U.S. edition. Accompanied by the author's retained sets of long galleys and page proofs for the US edition of his penultimate novel, the former very lightly corrected in his hand, and bearing editor's queries, the latter clean. Hilton's corrections in the long galleys are largely confined to typographical errors, but as well include some deletions, some rectifications of Anglo/American spelling issues, and responses to editorial queries.
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