London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1953. Revised, First English Edition. Revised UK edition of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, incorporating all of his final revisions to the text, and including a preface by Malcolm Cowley not present in the 1948 Grey Walls Press edition. Basis for Henry King's 1962 film adaptation..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First Edition. The author's first novel, the story of a reluctant smuggler who betrays his colleagues and the aftermath of his betrayal. Basis for the 1947 adventure film directed by Bernard Knowles, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Attenborough. Wobbe A2.a; Hubin, p.175. First Impression, one..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition. A superior copy of this Beat Generation cornerstone, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around full-time drug addict William Lee and his travels from the United States, to Mexico, to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. Basis for David Cronenberg's bizarre 1991 film adaptation..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Bradbury's third book, a collection of 18 short stories (with a prologue and epilogue). Basis for Jack Smight's 1969 film adaptation, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in dark grey on..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Sharp copy of Kesey's first published novel, one of the defining works of the 1960's, set in an Oregon psychiatric ward. Basis for Miloš Forman's Oscar-winning 1975 film, starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. First Impression, without Kesey's name blacked-out on copyright..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition. A casebook on the film adaptations of three of Capote's stories: "Miriam," "Among the Paths to Eden," and "A Christmas Memory." "The original text of the stories followed by the film scripts enables the reader to see for himself how a moment..... More
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1948. Second English Edition. Second UK edition of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, with a newly-designed dustjacket by George Woodman. Basis for Henry King's 1962 film adaptation, starring Jason Robards, Jennifer Joans, and Joan Fontaine. Bruccoli A14.4; Connolly 100. Octavo (19cm); light gray cloth-covered boards, with..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Novel set in rural Mississippi during the 1940's, dealing heavily with race relations and centered around the murder of a white man and the black man accused of the killing. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title, and basis for the highly-regarded 1949 Clarence Brown film..... More
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. An attractive copy of the first volume in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward. Petersen A20a. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titling and rule stamped in..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. First Edition. Knowles' first book, the story of a friendship between two 16 year old boys at a New England prep school, just before America's involvement in World War 2. Winner of the William Faulkner Award for Best First Novel, and adapted into film by..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911. First U.K. Edition. Leroux's second novel featuring police reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille, first published in French in 1907 as Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir. A sequel to Leroux's 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room, featuring locked-room elements. Basis for the..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1909. First American Edition. First edition in English of Leroux's second novel featuring police reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille, first published in French in 1907 as Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir. A sequel to Leroux's 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room, featuring..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); two-tone blue and rose-colored cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; maroon topstain; dustjacket; [vi],265,[1]pp. Gentle sunning to spine, starting oxidation to spine gilt, with some very faint blotches at upper spine and front..... More
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1984. Second Edition. "The Gunslinger begins the quest by Roland, the gunslinger, to track and confront the "man in black," who knows, perhaps, the secret of the "Dark Tower." As he travels across the barren landscape of King's alternate world, sometimes alone, sometimes with..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Easily toward the top of the list of King's finest work - a volume collecting four novellas, each written after completing a major novel: The Body, Apt Pupil, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, and The Breathing Method. Three of the four..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First Edition. The ninth Bond book, basis for Terence Young's Oscar-winning adaptation starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, and Adolfo Celi. Gilbert A9a(1.1). First Impression, First Issue. Octavo (19.5cm); Gilbert's Binding A - dark brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and skeletal hand design..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. First American Edition. The seventh Bond book, basis for the 1964 Guy Hamilton film, starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, and Gert Fröbe. Gilbert A7b(1). Burgess 99. First Printing, one of 7,500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. First U.K. Edition. Attractive copy of Lee's first published book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, and basis for Robert Mulligan's Oscar-winning 1962 film starring Gregory Peck. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); maroon paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket;..... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First U.K. Edition. Superb copy of Remarque's best-selling novel, based on his experiences in the German Imperial Army during World War I. A monumental work by the German author, who at the age of 18 went straight from school into the army. "During the course..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975. First Edition. True first edition of Cash's highly-popular autobiographical work, describing his spiritual odyssey beginning in his childhood years, through fame and addiction, and a personal transformation through his faith. While signed copies of the CBA edition appear with some frequency, signed and..... More
Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1968. First UK Paperback Edition. Distinguished copy of of Berger's 1964 satirical western novel, charting the exploits of 121 year-old Jack Crab, raised by the Cheyenne nation, who reportedly crossed paths with many of the West's most notable figures, including Wyatt Earp, George Custer, Buffalo Bill, and..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. First Edition. First Impression, a trade paperback original. Octavo (20.25cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [xii],289,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Some trivial external wear, else Fine. Sharp copy of the Scottish author's second book and first collection of short fiction, basis..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1955. First Edition. An anti-war novel, drawing on Greene's experiences as a war correspondent in French Indochina from 1951-1954. Basis for two notable film adaptations: the 1958 version directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave, and the Oscar-nominated 2002 picture starring Michael..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First American Edition. The last of Greene's "Catholic novels," centered around a love triangle between three Londoners during World War II. Basis for two films: the classic 1955 adaptation by Edward Dmytryk, and the 1999 version directed by Neil Jordan, starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne..... More
London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1960. First U.K. Edition. First English language edition of the Italian author's only novel, initially published as Il Gattopardo in 1958. Basis for Luchino Visconti's Oscar-nominated 1963 film, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Claudia Cardinale. First Impression. Octavo (21.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titles..... More