TYPED MANUSCRIPT, WITH REVISIONS, OF A PREPUBLICATION DRAFT OF "A GIRL LIKE I."
Loos, Anita:
[New York]. [ca. 1963 or 1964]. 390 leaves (excluding inserts and cut and tape revisions). Quarto. Largely carbon (but very occasionally original) typescript, typed on rectos only. Many instances of taped rejoining or insertions in the course of revision, occasional creases and corner use, but very good. An interim draft of Loos's memoir of her early years, eventually published in 1966 by Viking Press. The typescript is accompanied by a small card, inscribed "To Jack [/] Anita Loos." The typescript bears emendations and revisions in type, ink and pencil, some of the latter being in the author's hand. A general comparison of the published text with the typescript reveals differences in form and content, most readily noticed, for example, in the final chapter, wherein a diffuse many-page sequence of reminiscences of old friends and colleagues has been modified in favor of a tighter narration of the events surrounding the publication of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, and a reference to her acquaintance with Mussolini dropped. No doubt a closer collation of the two texts would reveal other variations. Loos evidently circulated several such typescripts for readings by friends; we've had another, bearing some revisions dated 28 August 1963, though memory suggests it was likely somewhat earlier than this draft. Accompanied by a signed copy of the first edition, fine in lightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket.
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