New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publisher, [1974]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. Later edition. Later edition with eight pages of stills from the film. "One of the most generally popular books of the 1970s. THE EXORCIST is a well written, skillfully paced novel ... William Friedkin's 1973 film adaptation, scripted by Blatty, was even more commercially successful than the book." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.