New York: Harper & Row, (1978). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed on the half-title page: "For / Mel / With great respect / and appreciation / William Peter Blatty." Basis for the 1980 big screen film directed and written by Blatty, that stars Stacy Keach and Scott Wilson. In..... More
New York: Arbor House, (1982). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. The fifth Matthew Scudder book. Basis for the Hal Ashby directed film that starred Jeff Bridges. In 1994 Block received the Edgar Grand Master Award. More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1954. Proof / Advance copy. Paperback. "The magnificent story of a Colonel who build a perfect bridge -- for the enemy"! Basis for the Academy Award winning film (7 Oscars) directed by David Lean that starred William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkings and many more. Bound..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, (1999). First edition. Hardcover. Printed by Clays. Winner of the Booker Prize for 1999. Basis for the big screen film (2008) that was directed by Steve Jacobs and stars John Malkovic, Natalie Becker and Jessica Haines. The tale of a South African professor who loses everything..... More
New York: Knopf, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's sixth novel, one of approx 5000 copies. Author photo and publisher's slip tipped in. More
New York: Knopf, (1964). Joseph Schindelman. Later printing. Hardcover. This copy is a later printing, price-clipped. Bound in two-tone brown cloth (dark brown backstrip) with light brown boards (blind-stamping to front cover). Publisher blindstamp to lower rear board near spine. Illustration to rear of the dust jacket. More
New York: Viking Press, (1971). First edition. Paperback. Advance reading copy. A thriller about a professional assassin hired by OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organization, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. Winner of the Edgar Award and basis for the successful big screen film. From the literary..... More
New York: William Morrow, (1936-1965). Author's edition, 23rd printing. Hardcover. Film source for director Frank Capra's 1937 film that is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet. A veteran member of the British diplomatic service finds inner peace, love..... More
New York: Scribners, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proofs of the first edition of this book of eleven stories. With publisher's promotional sheet laid in. Includes the story "Brokeback Mountain," the source for the award winning film. More
New York: Scribner, 1999. William Mathews. First edition. Hardcover. Eleven stories, including Brokeback Mountain, which was the basis for the very successful big-screen film. With six full-page watercolor illustrations by William Mathews. More
New York: Scribner's, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Proof. In perfect bound printed wrappers, as issued. Publicity material laid in. Contact label to front cover. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Two items. A first edition of the book and a set of the long galleys (very good condition), that measure 24 inches long by 7 inches wide, with some hand corrections. Basis for the very successful big screen film that starred..... More
Melbourne, London, Toronto: Heinemann, (1957). First British edition. Hardcover. A post-apocalyptic novel that details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the Northern Hemisphere following a nuclear war a year previously. As the radiation approaches..... More
