[MANUSCRIPT / GALLEYS]. COUNSELMAN, Mary Elizabeth (1911-1995). Corrected Typescript, Galleys, Other Materials for "Half in Shadow". [Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, ca. 1978].Typescript with photocopied pages interspersed (279 pp. rectos only) with ink and pencil notes/corrections by Roderick Meng, two photocopied copies with printer's notes, one from the typesetter, two long galleys (83 pp.) with production notes by Roderick Meng, two set-up blocks of loose pages with text mounted (214 pp.), one folio sheet with preliminary leaves. And with a first American edition of this title (Arkham House, 1978 - it had previously appeared in the U. K.) in jacket (fine). 

Counselman wrote short stories that appeared in various pulps and other magazines. One of the stories in Half in Shadow is "The Three Marked Pennies," which originally appeared in Weird Stories Magazine, and is one of the three most popular stories that appeared in that magazine, based on letters from readers. Another story in this collection, "Seventh Sister," is a rare example of a Voodoo horror story written by a woman. Her horror stories are an unusual mix of fright and tongue-in-cheek humor.

The usual wear, creasing, soiling that one would expect from working production materials. Fine.