" ADOLESCENT ROMANCE."
Ratner, Rochelle:

[New York]. [ca. 1987]. 225 leaves. Typescript. Quarto. Punched and bound in plain plastic binder, accompanied by a t.l.s. and a t.m., with long signed manuscript postscript. Very good. A very early draft of the novel which was eventually published in 1991 by Coffee House Press under the title, THE LION'S SHARE. The typescript is heavily marked up and annotated throughout by Ratner's friend, poet/editor Susan Mernit, in the course of a close reading at Ratner's request. Ratner's typed summary of Mernit's suggestion is present, and is supplemented by a later (11/21/92) autograph summary of the reading/critiquing/revising process at work here. The present typescript represents the 8th or 9th draft; Ratner indicates the novel went through a total of eighteen drafts before publication. Comparison of the present draft with a portion of the published text clearly indicates a substantial evolution of the text between this stage a the final text. Accompanied by a brief t.l.s. (NY, 22 Nov. 1992) forwarding the lot to be an element in a fundraiser for the National Book Critics' Circle.

(Item ID: WRCLIT49977) $350.00