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Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature

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Our fall sale of fine books & manuscripts focuses on rare horror and mystery first editions, scarce pulps and zines, manuscripts, and more by the most famous authors of modern works in the genres of horror and mystery. Among the highlights are the true first edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and other cornerstones of the genre.
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Lot 148

[THE EXORCIST]. BLATTY, William Peter (1928-2017). Mimeographed Screenplay for "The Exorcist". [Hollywood: Warner Bros., 4/24/72, 6/22/72].

Estimate: $500 - $700
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[THE EXORCIST]. BLATTY, William Peter (1928-2017). Mimeographed Screenplay for "The Exorcist". [Hollywood: Warner Bros., 4/24/72 - 8/15/72]. Screenplay with original pages from 4/24/72 and with revised pages dated 6/22/72 to 8/15/72. Original pages on white paper, revised pages on blue paper. Each page with three-hole punch holes on left margins. [Title-page], [1]-133 pp. plus 14 additional pages with more changes (for example "69A," "97A," etc.) A SCREENPLAY WITH ORIGINAL AND REVISED MATERIAL FOR THIS LANDMARK HORROR FILM, WITH CORRECTIONS DATED UP TO THE DAY AFTER PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BEGAN. 

Condition

Title- and final pages toned, soiled, with marginal chipping, white pages with general toning at margins, some occasional edgewear. Very good. 

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From the family of Ross Levy, the assistant film editor of the Iraq sequence for The Exorcist.