Item 10331JAWS
First Edition, First State of the international bestseller, basis of course for the hugely successful film.
First Edition, First State of the international bestseller, basis of course for the hugely successful film.
London: Heinemann, (1962). Stunning fine First Edition copy (second issue purple boards) in fine, fresh, price-clipped purple dust jacket with reviews on rear panel. A title which ranks at #65 on the Modern Library's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, and of course, basis for the vivid 1971 film.....
NY: Grove Press, (1959). Fine First Edition, obviously unread, in its striking, original, very Near Fine dust jacket, of the author's notorious 1959 novel. Basis for the 1991 film adaptation directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm and a host of others. A highly.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. True First Edition, First State. Hardback. True First Edition, First State of the tenth James Bond novel, basis of course for the 1977 Lewis Gilbert-directed film starring Roger Moore. Unquestionably Fine copy in equally Original Richard Chopping-designed pictorial dust jacket which would classify as Fine but.....
NY: Doubleday, (1952). Very near fine First Edition in its original, non-price-clipped dust jacket, of this monumental work by the young true heroine. With an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, this extraordinary document of adolescence, written by a remarkable young girl, poignantly optimistic and infinitely mature beyond her years. An important.....
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. Handsome Near Fine First Edition of the contemporary classic, basis of course for the landmark 1941 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. Scarce today, this collectible copy comes enclosed in a handsome custom.....
NY: Harper & Row, (1988). Superb Very Fine First Edition, unread and virtually As New, in like dust jacket, of this Joe Leaphorn mystery. This copy, presented in a bright red custom slipcase with gilt design, bears an originalmagnificent full-page drawing by the noted Ernest Franklin,and is boldly signed on the.....
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1992). True First Edition (Canadian), First State of the author's much beloved complex tapestry of four diverse lives woven together by the improbable circumstances of war. Basis, of course, for the brilliant 1996 Anthony Minghella-directed film adaptation starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Colin Firth, Willem Dafoe.....
NY: NAL (1987. Fine First Edition in equally Fine dust jacket of the renowned crime author's second book, a vivid recreation of a gruesome and shocking true case of the shooting of three small children -- by their mother. Recipient of countless honors and acclaimed as the foremost True Crime.....
NY: Random House, (1971). Fine First Edition of the good doctor's 'Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream,' his drug-crazed, demented odyssey to Las Vegas. Illustrated by the great Ralph Steadman, the book defines the counterculture of its day and was the basis for Terry Gilliam's 1988 screen.....