Books into Film

New York, U.S.A.: Epstein & Carroll, 1961. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1961 Epstein & Carroll FIRST EDITION ( distributed by Random House) **SIGNED** directly on the title page by both JUSTER & FEIFFER. A solid copy in VG+/G condition.. The deep blue boards with white lettering and illustrations have the merest of wear at the corners and spine ends. Inside the book there is only a very faint inscription at the top of the map page. The unclipped DJ shows a price of $ 3.95 crossed out and penned $ 3.19. I think this is a second state DJ with 5 brief reviews on the rear cover. There is some loss of color along the right edge of the front, some dirt on the rear and chips of color loss but overall a GOOD bright DJ! EXCEEDNGLY RARE WITH BOTH SIGNATURES! **BONUS** Also receive the very charming First Edition of the Dot and the Line 1963 Random House in VG/VG condition.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. Book. VG+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. First edition stated on copyright page. Pale yellow boards stamped in black with patterned endpapers. A clean and bright VG+ copy in a VG+ dust jacket wth the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Inscribed, dated and signed by the author on the half-title page. Basis for the 1947 film directed by Henry Koster and starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven. A scarce title, especially signed and in dust jacket..

New York: A Seymour Lawrence Book / Delacorte Press , 1969. First printing stated. Price of $5.95 intact, and date code 0369 at bottom of back flap. A lovely copy of this Vonnegut classic, Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, the spine of the jacket ever-so-lightly toned, a prior owner name 2nd front end page. Basis for the 1972 George Roy Hill film. A quite lovely copy !. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also a made into a play, a film, and a musical with the incomparable Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball. Rare/quite scarce in a nice dj. Please see our photos. A great find.

New York, Rinehart and Co, 1960, hardcover, 245 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, text-block edges deeply tanned as is common with this book. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight spine-end, edge and corner nicks, two short closed edge tears to front panel, rear panel rubbed, in new Brodart sleeve. The classic modern novel, one of the earliest in the psychological thriller genre, and basis for the 1962 Robert Aldrich film, starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono.

First appearance first printing of this short horror story the has been made into two movies. The first starring Vincent Price in 1958. The second in 1986 starring Jeff Goldblum. SIGNED by Jeff Goldblum on the first page of text. SIGNED at the 2019 Fan Expo in Toronto where Jeff was one of the Celebrity Guests. I will include a copy of my e ticket for admission. Then SIGNED by Geena at the 2024 Steel City Con in Monroeville PA. I will include my e ticket and floor plan map of the show. Light edge wear. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. There is 1 1/2 inch pen mark on the front cover. In very good condition.

Easton Press, 2018. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 5x0x8. Signed. LEATHER BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION SIGNED BY CHUCK PALAHNIUK! Brand new and still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages are fairly bright. Foxing noted, chiefly at the title page and verso. Used. Good Condition / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. BOARDS ARE VERY CLEAN. NO CORNER BUMPS.Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London.

Hammett, Dashiell: The Glass Key. Grosset & Dunlap Movie Tie-In Edition, 1931. Detective Mystery. USED. Good condition hardcover in Good- condition Rare Original Madison Square lime green movie cast Dust Jacket features Brian Donleavy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The Rose Tattoo. !950, New Directions, NY. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Used. Very Good/ Good- Condition Original Lustig pink rose dust jacket. Front flap Price $3.00. Nice. Summary: A drama with comedic elements. Set in the 20th Century American South. About an Italian family. 144 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 3/8

By Daphne Du Maurier. Jamaica Inn, Doubleday & Company MXXXVI, BCE. 243 pages. INCLUDES RARE ORIGINAL REX WHISTLER 1ST EDITION UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Fits volume size 5 3/8 X 8 1/8. Original cover price $4.50. Includes good condition Library bound. DJ is taped to the book. We consider offers.

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Quite the find. Will ship from Oregon.

Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."

SUMPTUOUS EASTON PRESS EDITION SIGNED BY LOIS LOWRY and still SEALED in the original shrinkwrap. A gorgeous leather-bound, gilt embellished limited edition in gift-worthy condition. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

Harpercollings. New York. 1999-2006. The complete (Book 1 - Book 13) series in unmarked First Editions. First printings being found in Books 1, 6 and 8-13.
For the Unfortunate aficionado, this set includes The Unauthorized Autobiography (with The Pony Party hidden inside the jacket), The Puzzling Puzzles (paperback), The Blank Book (which of course is full of blank pages with quotes from various books on the bottom of the page), and The Beatrice Letters (includes CD).
Note that there are several versions of Book 1: illustrated paper boards (2 First Editions, 1 also a first printing, the other a later printing. 2 with jackets (First Editions, later printing, both with the maze inside the jacket), 1 with Jacket without the maze and the Rare Edition Book 1 in slipcase (First Edition, first printing with 1.5 in piece of decal on back missing and lastly a Book 1 Signed on Black Friday Nov. 24 2017 (First Edition, later printing).
There are 3 Book 2s with the traditional illustrated paper boards without a… Read More