Item 10349The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
NY: Harmony Books, 1979. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. As New First Edition of the classic literary collectible. Best copy imaginable.
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Item 10331JAWS
First Edition, First State of the international bestseller, basis of course for the hugely successful film.
Item 10008The Da Vinci Code
NY: Doubleday, (2003). First Edition, First State (with all relevant points) of this publishing phenomenon, the international bestseller, and basis for the critically successful (and hugely profitable) Ron Howard/Tom Hanks film collaboration. This copy is As New and is boldly signed on the title page by Dan Brown.
Item 10010A Clockwork Orange
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.....
Item 10216Naked Lunch
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.....
Item 10371THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
London: Grant Richards, 1903. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. First Edition, First State. A very Near Fine example indeed, tight, square, its gilt titles bright and shining. Written between 1873 and 1884 and published posthumously in 1903, this is regarded by many as the very first 20th century novel. Today.....
Item 10014Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show
NY: St. Martin's Press, (1989). First Edition, U.S., of this fascinating compendium of always fascinating, often hilarious anecdotes and stories (accompanied by pages of wonderful photographs) by the popular international star. A fine copy but for the smallest stain on front free endpaper, in a bright, fresh, price-clipped, fine copy.....
Item 10416IN COLD BLOOD
NY: Random House, 1966. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. First Edition, First State. Fine copy of the bestselling Capote true crime novel which zoomed to the top of Best Seller lists and was, of course, basis for the hit Richard Brooks film adaptation.
Item 10333THE BIG SLEEP
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, (1939). Advance Reading Copy of this title. A uniquely collectible item. Rarely seen, and seriously beyond scarce. P.O.’s name and address on front free endpaper. Presented in a custom cloth clamshell box with handsome leather title label.
Item 10131Farewell, My Lovely
NY: Knopf, (1940). First Edition of Chandler's second novel, a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstoneand basis for three film adaptations. A tight, square, absolutely fine copy in a brilliant example of the dust jacket with only the most miniscule light edge rubbing and some very tiny nicks. Presented in a custom cloth clamshell.....
Item 10295The Lost World: Jurassic Park
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK. As New First Edition, First Printing of the internationally bestselling Michael Crichton novel, basis for the hugely successful Universal Pictures 1997 blockbuster film. This extraordinary copy in its pristine original dust jacket is actually signed by director Steven Spielberg as well as all ten of.....
Item 10141Lord of the Barnyard
NY: Grove, (1998). As New First American Edition in dust jacket of this stupendously received second novel which received huge acclaim internationally. On May 7, 2005, the astonishingly talented American author and political activist, founder of the Smoketown Six, took his own life with a shotgun to his head. This.....
Item 10367INVISIBLE MAN
New York: Random House, 1952. FIRST EDITION. Hardback. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE SIGNED copy of this winner of the National Book Award, and a Burgess 99 title. As well as Native Son, this is one of the two post-Harlem Renaissance African-American novels that have entered "the Western Canon" as acknowledged.....
Item 10288CASINO ROYALE (SOLD)
London: Jonathan Cape, (1953). London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition. 218 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in red. In the exceedingly rare FIRST STATE dust jacket without Sunday Times Review on front. Foxing on rear endpaper. The sole exception to this copy being classified as better than.....
Item 10356THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST UK EDITION. A First UK Edition. This is signed on a tipped in card by IAN FLEMING as well as a signed card by Roger Moore who stared in the film. Stunning copy.
Item 10135Octopussy And The Living Daylights
London: Cape, (1966). First Edition of the fourteenth James Bond caper, basis for the 1983 John Glen-directed film starring Roger Moore as 007. A better than fine copy in perfectly fine Richard Chopping dust jacket. A collector's copy.
Item 10358THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
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.....
Item 10136Gorillas In The Mist
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1983). Fine First Edition, tight and unread, in a very near fine price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. The intriguing, much loved story of Dian Fossey and her adventures documenting the vanishing breed of mountain gorillas. Basis for the 1988 Michael Apted-directed film starring Sigourney Weaver.
Item 10300HET ACHTERHUIS (SOLD)
Amsterdam: Contact, 1947. First edition of the Diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher's white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Straight, square, tight copy of an.....
Item 10138Cold Mountain
NY: Atlantic Monthly, (1997). First Edition of the acclaimed National Book Award-winning novel of the Civil War, a highly sought collectible. As New in dust jacket. Signed by Charles Frazier as well as by the popular star of the film, Jude Law.
Item 10365THE FORSYTE SAGA
London: William Heinemann, 1922. FIRST. Hardback. Very Good well-read First Edition of the beloved Galsworthy classic, basis for both the 1967 Eric Porter film as well as the successful British miniseries starring Damian Lewis and Rupert Graves. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in navy three-quarter over floral boards, raised bands.....
Item 10139Memoirs of a Geisha
NY: Knopf, (1997). First Edition of the acclaimed bestseller, basis for the multi-Academy Award-winning film starring Ziyi Zhang as the geisha. This fine copy in fine dust jacket is signed on the title page by the author, Arthur Golden, as well as by Ziyi Zhang who has also penned the.....
Item 10222No Way to Treat a Lady
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World (1968). A truly superb Fine First Edition in equally Fine dust jacket of this (obviously unread copy), the enormously popular cult favorite by the acclaimed author. Basis for the successful 1968 film starring Rod Steiger, George Segal and Lee Remick, this is a very real collector's.....
Item 10045The Glass Key
NY: Knopf, (1931). First Edition of the Hammett classic, his fourth novel, brilliantly bound in gold full oasis morocco leather, raised bands, gilt titles, topedge gilt, and beautiful matching marbled endpapers. Original spine bound in. Basis for two film adaptations, the 1935 George Raft starrer and the 1942 remake with.....
Item 10370THE MALTESE FALCON
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.....