Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First Edition. The author's highly-regarded first book, featuring CIA analyst Jack Ryan. Basis for John McTiernan's Oscar-winning film, starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, and Scott Glenn. First Printing, conforming to the following points: book measures 9.25" tall, with 18 lines of text on copyright page... More about THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - WITH SIGNED BOOKPLATE LAID IN
London: Peter Owen, 1969. First Edition. Well-preserved, distinguished copy of the author's second and scarcest book. Set in rural Tennessee, the novel is centered around two families living in a bleak and sparsely-populated town, who quarrel over a plot of land that separates their farms. "The feud erupts into violence... More about THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR - M.G.M. FILE COPY, SIGNED
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1943. First Edition. First edition of Hammett's "novel" comprised of two stories - "The Big Knockover" and "$106,000 Blood Money" - in which the Continental Op "sets out to find the gang that robbed the Seaman's National Bank of several million dollars, and does battle... More about $106,000 BLOOD MONEY - INSCRIBED TO LILLIAN HELLMAN
Santa Barbara: Neville Publishing, Inc., 1983. First Edition. Distinguished copy of Towne's screenplay for Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir, centered around a private detective who becomes entangled in a series of disputes over southern California water rights during the late 1930's. This copy inscribed as a birthday gift to Towne's long-time... More about "CHINATOWN" A SCREENPLAY - INSCRIBED TO HUGH HEFNER
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. First Edition. The third novel in the author's 'Black' series, and the last of his books to be published by Simon and Schuster. With plot elements borrowed from earlier pulp fiction stories, Woolrich set his third mystery novel in South America, where a black... More about BLACK ALIBI