THE 10TH VICTIM.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. This is a novelization of the 1965 film which was in turn based on Sheckley's short story "Seventh Victim." Text offset from the 1966 Ballantine Books paperback original. New introduction by Richard Gid Powers and includes twelve film stills. Filmed in 1965 starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, directed by Carlo Ponti. "Humorous action-adventure set in a future society of legalized death duels, a world of declared "hunters" and "victims." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (Second edition), p. 366-67. The first of the Hunter/Victim books. A fine copy, without dust jacket as issued. (29261). Item #29261
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