Garden City: Doubleday. 1965 Long unbound galleys for first hardcover
appearance (Nebula Award Series 1965 edited by Damon Knight) of the short story,
“‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.” Signed. Five galley sheets (the complete
story) for one of Harlan Ellison’s most famous short stories and one of the ten most often
reprinted modern American short stories. The author’s own copy of the galleys, very
possibly unique. The sheets show one fold each, with a single light brown otherwise fine.
with
A photograph of the author taken c. 1964, about the time he wrote “‘Repent,
Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.” Fine.
with
A signed, full-page typed letter of provenance from the author, stating in part: "The
appended congeries of materials come straight out of my file labeled — Repent,
Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman. They are various tear sheets, page proofs, galleys
and incunabula accrued through the years . . . and if you ask me to codify the sources
from whence came these curiosities, I must ask that you NUHJ Mr. Levin for same.
I’m merely the source of this paper file, he’s the expert. That’s why he gets the big
bucks. Attested to, and sworn in blood, [signed, in what we hope is really brown
ink] Harlan Ellison." Fine.
The five galley sheets, photograph and letter of provenance are very handsomely framed
together employing a seven-window (opening) linen mat with a black bead (liner). The
frame measures approximately 5 x 2 1/2 feet. The remaining items from the "Repent, Harlequin!" file
are contained in two envelopes hidden behind a trap door in the back of the frame. If
you wish this item shipped, please inquire as to cost of crating, insurance and shipping.
$3,000.00
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