[c. 1975-1976]. McCarthy's script for the 1976 PBS film, his first script to be produced, two decades before the play was published in book form. 140 pages, photocopied, with text that varies from the trade edition published by Ecco in 1996: significant changes in both dialogue and camera directions throughout, and including four scenes that do not appear in the published version. This copy with notable provenance: from McCarthy's bibliographer, and in an envelope with a label that reads "Cormac McCarthy - The Gardener's Son / Duplicate copy." The script of this play that was institutionalized as part of McCarthy's literary archive at Texas State University was itself a photocopy: presumably no "original" exists anymore, and probably hasn't since the time of the original production in the 1970s. Copied slightly off center, such that the last few letters of many words are missing; overall near fine. One of the rarest McCarthy items we have seen -- there being only two known copies -- and the only opportunity to see this version of the script other than by visiting the author's archive in Texas. Together with a copy of the first trade edition [Hopewell: Ecco Press, 1996], which is fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027242] SOLD