typescript

noun type·script \ ˈtīp-ˌskript \

|Updated on: 24 Jun 2018

Definition of typescript

: a typewritten manuscript; especially : one intended for use as printer's copy

Recent Examples of typescript from the Web

Those items made the trip from California to Indiana in 2013 in a 53-foot moving van that also included a cache of Bradbury’s typescripts and other documents donated by his long-time friend and principal bibliographer, Donn Albright.

— rick callahan, Indianapolis Star, "Author Ray Bradbury’s papers set for preservation at IUPUI," 16 Apr. 2018
Those items made the trip from California to Indiana in 2013 in a 53-foot moving van that also included a cache of Bradbury’s typescripts and other documents donated by his long-time friend and principal bibliographer, Donn Albright.

— rick callahan, Indianapolis Star, "Author Ray Bradbury’s papers set for preservation at IUPUI," 16 Apr. 2018
Those items made the trip from California to Indiana in 2013 in a 53-foot moving van that also included a cache of Bradbury’s typescripts and other documents donated by his long-time friend and principal bibliographer, Donn Albright.

— Washington Post, "Trove of author Ray Bradbury’s papers set for preservation," 15 Apr. 2018
When Sandra Allen was studying nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa, her Uncle Bob sent her the typescript of his autobiography.

— laurie hertzel, Detroit Free Press, "Books: Inside the mind of an endearing schizophrenic," 24 Feb. 2018
Davis’ bounty of work is a treasure trove of black excellence, including a yellowed typescript of Davis’s 1974 autobiography, complete with neatly handwritten queries and comments from her editor, Toni Morrison.

— angela helm, The Root, "Angela Davis Frees Herself of Her Personal Archives, Which Go to Harvard," 14 Feb. 2018
Estimated to sell for £60,000-90,000, or about $77,000-$110,000, the typescript was contested by a client represented on the telephone and three bidders in the salesroom.

— scott reyburn, New York Times, "The Record Bid for ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Script Is From Tiffany’s," 27 Sep. 2017
One of those libraries is the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin—which saved two typescripts of the play in a larger collection of scripts and promptbooks of authors like Lillian Hellman and Jean Cocteau.

— erin blakemore, Smithsonian, "Scholars Rediscover Forgotten Edith Wharton Play," 31 May 2017
The 140-page typescript, annotated by the actress, was one of more than 250 items from the private collection of Ms. Hepburn offered by her sons, Luca Dotti and Sean Hepburn Ferrer, at a live auction at Christie’s.

— scott reyburn, New York Times, "The Record Bid for ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Script Is From Tiffany’s," 27 Sep. 2017

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