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(Lee Cochenour) wrote in message
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>...
> I have some questions about an item that I have had for some time. It is
> a "manuscript" for Clive Cussler's "Sahara". It is two voulmes of typed
> 8.5X11 pages, I guess that it was too big to do in one volume in this
format.
> Each Volume has been bound together very simply. The cover of the first
one
> has "SAHARA A Novel Clive Cussler" typed on the cover as well as "Pass
for
> Press 12/11/91" and then a list of 11 names. One of the names had a line
> drawn from it to a handwritten "12". The second volume has "SAHARA by
Clive
> Cussler" typed on it and the "Vol. II" handwritten below that. The
actual
> text of the book is corrected in several pages, so it appears that the
book
> was actually edited from the original of these pages. I was given this
in
> 1992 by the fiction book buyer of a large independent bookseller. I met
> Cussler a few years later and showed it to him. He was very surprised to
see
> and said that it was quite a rarity. He signed the title page with
"Zowie!
> Clive Cussler '94".
> My questions: What is the proper term for this item? Is it a
maunscript,
> a manuscript copy? Any ideas as to it's worth? What would be the best
way for
> me to find a value and to possible sell it. Thanks for your help!
>
> Lee Cochenour
> "I am Elmer J. Fudd millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht."
> Check out the Celebrity Book Signings & Events site at:
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Sounds like a very interesting item. Others here will probably have
more concrete information (James Keeline for one, who has written an
article on Cussler for Firsts Magazine) - but I will say that Cussler
has an enormously dedicated following willing to pay in excess of
$1000 for his rarer items, and also that "Sahara" is being developed
as a motion picture which will make this title a hot item for
collectors. In fact, the valuation of your item may substantially
alter as the movie nears release, as happened with Tolkien. Good luck
with your research!
Regards, Tim
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