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HELLER, JOSEPH. Two items: photocopy of the complete original typescript draft of his Something Happened Signed and dated * Autograph Note Signed, describing the photocopy. The photocopy, "Joseph Heller / 4/21/76 / New York City," on the title-page. There are numerous differences throughout between the texts of the present draft and the published novel. 812 pages, 4to, printed on rectos of separate sheets; faint uneven toning to title page; custom cloth clamshell box with title in gilt on cover, moderate wear. The note, to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation), stating that the present copy is the one (of 8) used as a reference when he produced the true first draft, of which he doubts a copy exists. 1 page, 12mo, personal stationery. Np, 21 April 1976
The note, in full: "This was the first 'edited' draft of the submitted manuscript. I think 8 xeroxed copies were made, for submission to book clubs, some magazines, and readings by other people at Knopf. In the meanwhile, my editor and I were doing the real editing from this manuscript, and this accounts for the considerable differences between this and the published manuscript. Thus, there was a typed or xeroxed submitted copy that constituted the true first draft. It was about 950 pages & I doubt that any copies are around."
