Film & TV source books
THE MOONSHINE WAR.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Filmed in 1970 from a script by Leonard with Patrick McGoohan, Alan Alda and Richard Widmark.
BANDITS.
New York: Arbor House, [1987]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Leonard on the title page. "For Tim, [Underwood] / Very best wishes / Elmore Leonard / 1/87." Filmed in 1985 from a screenplay by Leonard.
CAT CHASER.
New York: Arbor House, [1982]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Crime suspense thriller. Filmed in 1989.
GET SHORTY.
[New York]: Delacorte Press, [1990]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance reading copy. Special A.B.A. edition (American Bookseller Association) giveaway. Made into a feature film.
LAST STAND AT SABER RIVER.
[New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1959]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell A184. Paperback original. Signed by Leonard on the half title page. Filmed as a made for television movie.
SPLIT IMAGES.
New York: Arbor House, [1981]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Leonard on the title page. "For Tim, [Underwood] / Very best wishes / Elmore Leonard." Crime novel set in Detroit. Filmed as a made for television movie in 1992.
STICK.
New York: Arbor House, [1983]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Leonard on the title page. "For Tim, [Underwood] / Very best wishes / Elmore Leonard." Filmed in 1985 from a screenplay by Leonard.
VALDEZ IS COMING.
Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike Press, n.d. [1987]. Pictorial boards. First U.S. hardcover edition. Western novel first published as a paperback original in the U.S. This is the Thorndike Press large print edition, Library of Congress stamp dated 1987 to copyright page, Library of Congress surplus/duplicate stamp to rear free end paper. Made into a feature film with Burt Lancaster.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
New York, Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1911]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-357 [358-360: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], one single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations by Andre Castaigne, original pictorial brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white and blind. First edition in English. Translation of LE FANTOME DE L'OPERA (1910). Leroux wrote over thirty popular novels of mystery and detection, including THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM (1908), a pioneer locked room mystery, considered the greatest masterpiece of French detective fiction. "He remains most famous, however, for ... THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ... Although there is nothing supernatural in his text, the charged Grand-Guignol ambiance Leroux created seems to point to a non-naturalistic explanation of the story ... Leroux assured his readers that the story was based on fact. Erik, a Middle Eastern ex-torturer and half-crazed musician, lurks in the labyrinth of passages and catacombs that make the gigantic Paris Opera House a genuine edifice. He creates a series of mysterious events to further the career of Christine Daae, a beautiful young singer; and, when the Opera managers refuse to make her a star, inflicts savage revenge. Certain scenes -- the Masque which evokes Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' (1842) and the moment when the 'phantom's' own mask is stripped off -- have become horror paradigms. The story as a whole is a central urban fantasy." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 576. This classic novel has been filmed numerous times, most memorable with Lon Chaney in the lead role. Of late it became the basis for the long running stage production. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 116. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-128. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 263. Bleiler (1948), p. 179. Hubin (1994), p. 498.
THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR.
London: Octagon Press, [1974]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Lessing on the title page. "A housebound woman witnesses the near-future breakdown of society. This is a meditative philosophical novel of considerable merit, but only marginally science fictional" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 232. Filmed in 1981 starring Julie Christie. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-663. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
JACK'S RETURN HOME.
Garden City: Doubleday and Co., 1970. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Filmed three times. In 1971 as Get Carter, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine and Britt Ekland, in 1972 in the U.S. as Hit Man and again in 2000 as Get Carter with Sylvester Stallone.
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.
Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney: F.W. Cheshire, [1967]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Filmed in 1975 by Peter Weir.
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.
Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney: F.W. Cheshire, [1967]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Australian historical fiction concerning the disappearance of students from a girls boarding school while on a picnic, set in 1900. Filmed in 1975 by Peter Weir. The novel was written in the form of a true story.
THE JACKET (THE STAR ROVER).
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, [1915]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-333 [334: printer's imprint] [335-336: ads] 1-[32]: ads [note: the 32 pages of ads are signatures 22 and 23 and are not an inserted catalogue], inserted color frontispiece, original green cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition, first printing with "Published 1915" on copyright page. The British edition preceded the U.S. edition. The British edition was deposited in the British Library 4 August 1915 and was listed as "ready" in Athenaeum 7 August 1915. The U.S. edition, titled THE STAR ROVER, was published by Macmillan in October and a copy was received by the Boston Athenaeum 14 October 1915. The protagonist is tortured in prisoner and develops the ability to go into a trance like state and travel through an astral plane exploring past lives. "Possibly the most curious of London's novels. ... Some of the phantasmagoric episodes have considerable power. The book reveals an unexpected side of Jack London. Not only was he the victim of poverty in his youth, as his concern for social justice might suggest, he was the illegitimate son of a spiritualist and an astrologer." - T. Collins in Smith (ed), Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers (1981), p. 343. Loosely based on the experiences of a San Quentin prisoner London came to befriend. Filmed as a silent picture in 1920. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-110 and (1981) 1-119. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-223. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1031. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 518. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 142. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 674. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2159-62. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 126. Reginald 09153. BAL 11962. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1544.
KING KONG.
London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First British hardcover edition. Novelization of the feature film based on the work of Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.
STAR WARS: FROM THE ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1976]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Novelization of the feature film directed by George Lucas. Precedes the release of the film by a number of months.
THE UNINVITED.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-342, original blue-green cloth, spine stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. The author's best known novel, a ghost story-haunted house novel which became a bestseller here in the U.S.; published in the U.K. as UNEASY FREEHOLD (1941). Filmed in 1944 with Ray Milland. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 124. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1064. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 275. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Reginald 09409A.
THE UNINVITED.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-342, original blue-green cloth, spine stamped in gold. First edition. A brother and sister move to rural Devon and purchase Cliff House in which they find it is haunted by a ghost. The author's best known novel which became a bestseller U. S. (first published in the U. K. as UNEASY FREEHOLD, 1941). Filmed in 1944 with Ray Milland. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 124. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1064. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 275. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Reginald 09409A.
THE EXECUTIONERS.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Basis for the two films titled "Cape Fear."
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Sequel to the Guns of Navarone. Made into a feature film.
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD.
New York, Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc., [1948]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. A novel of WW II centered on a combat platoon in the pacific. Basis for the 1958 feature film of the same name.
HOUSE OF GAMES: THE COMPLETE SCREENPLAY.
New York: Grove Press, 1972. Octavo, wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Includes the screenplay, illustrations and an introduction by the author who makes his directorial debut with this picture.
THE BAD SEED.
New York, Toronto: Rinehard and company, inc., [1954]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A mother suspects her daughter of being guilty of murder. "A very popular novel...The Bad Seed established the pattern of the 'evil child' novel that was to become one of the most popular subgenres in contemporary dark fantasy." Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-211. The novel was adapted to stage and later film (1956) directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-271. Hubin (1994), p. 549.
THE REAL GONE GIRLS.
[New York: Lancer Books, Inc., 1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lancer 72-996. The adventures of Steve Victor, The Man From O.R.G.Y. The fourth in the series. A spy satire series, capitalizing on James Bond and spy craze of the 1960s. Filmed in 1970 from a screenplay by the author.
MARY REILLY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1990]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A reworking of Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. "A splendid literary conceit, a psychological thriller of the first rank: the spellbinding journals of an introspective Victorian maid--whose employer is none other than Dr. Henry Jekyll. Martin's triumph here is in making the Jekyll/Hyde melodrama, with all its lure, merely vivid backdrop for the equally alluring psychosexual odyssey of heroine..." - Kirkus review 15 January, 1989. Nebula award nominee. Filmed in 1996 with Julia Roberts in the title role. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-714.