galley proof
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If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art.
I should have sent her the galley proofs the moment I received them.
From Los Angeles Times
A math professor, of all people, gave me my first Murakami, an uncorrected galley proof of “The Elephant Vanishes” — a gateway drug to his brand of surrealism, which refuses to admit it is surreal.
From Los Angeles Times
Also this week, local journalist and author Paulette Perhach said she was busy editing references to Alexie out of the galley proofs for her new book, “Welcome to the Writer’s Life.”
From Seattle Times
When Grant finished the manuscript in July 1885, it was rushed into galley proof.
From The Guardian
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