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[Books into Film]. A group of 9 first editions which were the basis for screen or stage adaptations, including 4 works signe... (Total: 9 )
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[Books into Film]. A group of 9 first editions which were the basis for screen or stage adaptations, including 4 works signed by their respective author.Erich Maria Remarque. All Quiet on the Western Front. Translated by A. W. Wheen. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. 8vo, original grey cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black and red; later board slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Very minor rubbing or wear to extremities; spine lightly sunned; two small tape stains on each pastedown.
Charles Nordhoff; and James Norman Hall. Mutiny on the Bounty. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. 8vo, original blue cloth; pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with plain endpapers. Cloth rubbed at edges; front hinge starting before title-page; owner's signature on front free endpaper; dust jacket with some wear to extremities including small chips or nicks, some other minor edgewear, creased along folds.
Humphrey Cobb. Paths of Glory. New York: The Viking Press, 1935. 8vo, original two-tone cloth, stamped in gilt; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. Minor sunning to cloth extremities; dust jacket with minor edgewear, and slight toning to folds and edges on verso.
Walter D. Edmonds. Drums Along the Mohawk. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. 8vo, original blue cloth, lettered in orange; pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. Dust jacket spine panel lightly sunned, with minor wear at ends, slight toning to flap edges and verso.
Howard Fast. Spartacus. New York: Published by the Author, [1951]. 8vo, original dark blue cloth; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Dust jacket spine panel toned and chipped at head, minor toning and soiling.
William Inge. Picnic. A Summer Romance in Three Acts. New York: Random House, [1953]. 8vo, original cloth-textured gray boards with inset photographic label on upper cover; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. Very minor wear to binding extremities; dust jacket spine panel toned with some chipping at ends, some toning and soiling.
Arthur Hailey. Airport. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. 8vo, original blue cloth; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front flyleaf. Very minor rubbing to dust jacket extremes, otherwise fine.
Ernest Thompson. On Golden Pond. A Play. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1979]. 8vo, original orange cloth; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Dust jacket spine panel very lightly toned, minor soiling, otherwise fine.
Robert James Waller. The Bridges of Madison County. [New York]: Warner Books, [1992]. 8vo, original two-toned boards; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. Fine.
Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2025 September 10 - 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6321 (go to Auction Home page)
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