Proofs, Galleys & Advance Review Copies
Unlike first editions, proofs and advanced review copies of books were not printed to be consumed publicly. Proofs and advance review copies are printed for publishers, reviewers, and select magazines and bookstores as sneak previews of soon to be available books. Proofs and advance review copies may be different than the finished product, and the level of difference varies greatly. Some differences are minor and grammatical, while other proofs and advance reading copies have entire paragraphs or pages included that are edited out before the first official printing.
Even though book galleys are also early printed versions of books before they are widely released, galleys sometimes serve a slightly different purpose than proofs and advance reading copies. The typeset is determined and it has usually been proofed by an editor, but galleys are often used as the final proofreading copy for the author.
By their nature, proofs, advance review copies, and galleys are quite scarce, so if they are copies of successful titles, they are often considered to be highly collectible and valuable. They are great additions to personal rare book collections, and they can tremendous diversity and insight to the collection.
The White Castle. Translated by Victoria Holbrook.
by PAMUK, Orhan
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First U.S. edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington
- Item Price
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$1,800.00$6.00 shipping to USA
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Anil's Ghost
by Ondaatje, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Granville, New York
- Item Price
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$150.00$5.99 shipping to USA
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Humboldt's Gift.
by BELLOW, Saul
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington
- Item Price
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$200.00$6.00 shipping to USA
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Snow Angels.
by O'NAN, Stewart
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First edition / First printing. First state uncorrected proof.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington
- Item Price
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$100.00$6.00 shipping to USA
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World of Wonders.
by DAVIES, Robertson
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington
- Item Price
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$100.00$6.00 shipping to USA
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POSTCARDS
by PROULX
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California
- Item Price
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$239.99$3.99 shipping to USA
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The Grapes of Wrath.
by Steinbeck, John.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Concord, California
- Item Price
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$21,000.00$5.00 shipping to USA
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Cannery Row.
by Steinbeck, John.
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Concord, California
- Item Price
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$36,750.00$5.00 shipping to USA
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Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman
by Willard, Frances E.
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Granville, New York
- Item Price
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$195.00$5.99 shipping to USA
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Ariel: Poems
by Plath, Sylvia
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon
- Item Price
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$850.00FREE shipping to USA
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Poems (Two) 1925 Simultaneous [Signed, Typed Manuscript Poem]
by Cunard, Nancy
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada
- Item Price
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$2,500.00$8.50 shipping to USA
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North
by Heaney, Seamus
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon
- Item Price
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$1,800.00FREE shipping to USA
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Truckers
by PRATCHETT, Terry
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Item Price
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$246.97$28.00 shipping to USA
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A Tidewater Morning: Three Tales From Youth.
by STYRON, William.
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington
- Item Price
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$125.00$6.00 shipping to USA
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OUR GAME - Proof Copy, Signed
by Le Carre, John
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Seller
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Sastamala, Finland
- Item Price
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$834.14$25.00 shipping to USA