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Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were

Exhibition

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were

Kharkiv Literature Museum23 August 2027 — 19 February 2028Харківський літературний музей

Long narrow proofs, set and read through to the end. The books never appeared; the galleys did, and they read as finished works, because they were.

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Exhibits

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Exhibition news⁵

A Catalogue of What Does Not Exist

The museum is printing a description of eight books, none of which appeared.

Galleys Read More Easily Than Finished Books

Wide margins and a single column — a format kinder than the book's.

How to Tell an Unpublished Book from an Unwritten One

The criterion is simple and material: the presence of corrected galleys.

A Set Marked «To Be Made Up» on the First Slip

An instruction after which make-up should have begun — and did not.

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were: Opening in Autumn

Eight sets of galleys, read through to the end and never printed.

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