Film & TV source books
THE SARATOGA TRUNK.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in blind to front cover, stamped in cream and gold to spine panel, top edge stained blue. First trade edition. Filmed in 1945 with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.
5 AGAINST THE HOUSE.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1954]. Octavo, boards. First U.K. edition. Author's first novel. Signed inscription by Finney on the title page "Best wishes-/ -- from/ Jack Finney". Made into a film noir in 1955 directed by Phil Karlson, with Guy Madison, Kim Novak and Brian Keith.
5 AGAINST THE HOUSE.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1954]. Octavo, boards. First U.K. edition. Author's first novel. Made into a film noir in 1955 directed by Phil Karlson, with Guy Madison, Kim Novak and Brian Keith. Hubin, p. 284.
ASSAULT ON A QUEEN.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Filmed in 1966 with Frank Sinatra in the lead role.
THE BODY SNATCHERS.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. "Seed-pod aliens take over a small American town, replacing people with will-less simulacra. A memorable piece of paranoia, similar to Heinlein's THE PUPPET MASTERS (1951)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 45. "A chilling classic..."- Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-116. This novel has now been filmed four times, a classic of the genre. The first film version directed by Don Siegel starring Kevin McCarthy was released at the height of the Red scare of the 1950s. The latest version appeared in 2007 titled "Invasion". Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-401. Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-136. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 269.
THE BODY SNATCHERS.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Seed-pod aliens take over a small American town, replacing people with will-less simulacra. A memorable piece of paranoia, similar to Heinlein's THE PUPPET MASTERS (1951)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 45. "A chilling classic..."- Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-116. This novel has now been filmed four times, a classic of the genre. The first film version directed by Don Siegel starring Kevin McCarthy was released at the height of the Red scare of the 1950s. The latest version appeared in 2007 titled "Invasion". Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-401. Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-136. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 269.
THE BODY SNATCHERS.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Seed-pod aliens take over a small American town, replacing people with will-less simulacra. A memorable piece of paranoia, similar to Heinlein's THE PUPPET MASTERS (1951)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 45. "A chilling classic..."- Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-116. This novel has now been filmed four times, a classic of the genre. The first film version directed by Don Siegel starring Kevin McCarthy was released at the height of the Red scare of the 1950s. The latest version appeared in 2007 titled "Invasion". Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-401. Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-136. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 269.
THE HOUSE OF NUMBERS.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell # A139. Paperback original. Filmed in 1957 with Jack Palance.
TIME AND AGAIN.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1970]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Correct first printing. Excellent novel of time travel-to New York of the 1880's. "Excellent historical detail and a compelling plot make this the outstanding work of the [time travel] sub-genre." -Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-167. "...it's a classic modern timeslip romance, detailed and moving...(the) author's best book." - Pringle (ed.)-The Ultimate Guide To Science Fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-403. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-105. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 47. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2283-86. King list, p. 390.
I WAKE UP SCREAMING.
[New York: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., 1944]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Handi-Book #27. Classic hardboiled mystery novel.
OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1966]. Octavo, original dark gray boards, front and spine stamped in silver, gray patterned endpapers. First edition. Contains two novellas. Both made into feature films. Gilbert: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A14a (1.1). Hubin, p. 288.
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1963]. Octavo, original black boards, front stamped in white, spine stamped in silver. First edition. A James Bond novel. The second appearance of the head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Made into a feature film. Gilbert: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A11a (1.1). Hubin, p. 288. Smith and White: Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 1887.
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1962]. Octavo, original black boards, front stamped in blind and silver, spine stamped in silver, red endapers. First edition. A James Bond novel, the ninth. Made into a feature film. Gilbert: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A10a (1.1). Hubin, p. 288. Smith and White: Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 1888.
THUNDERBALL.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1961]. Octavo, original black boards, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gold. First edition. A James Bond novel. Source for several feature films. Hubin, p. 288. Smith and White: Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 1889.
THUNDERBALL.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1961]. Octavo, original black boards, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gold. First edition. Signed by Fleming on the front free end paper. A James Bond novel. The first appearance of the head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Source for several feature films. Gilbert: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A9a (1.1). Hubin, p. 288. Smith and White: Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 1889.
TOO HOT TO HANDLE (MOONRAKER).
New York: Perma Books, [1956]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Perma Books #M-3070. First U.S. paperback edition of Moonraker. A James Bond novel.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.
[New York]: A Signet Book/Published by The New American Library, [1965]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Signet # P2712. Paperback.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1964]. Octavo, original black boards, front stamped in gold, spine stamped in silver. First edition. A James Bond novel. The third appearance of the head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Made into a feature film. Gilbert: Ian Fleming The Bibliography, A12a (1.1). Hubin, p. 288. Smith and White: Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 1890.
ADMIRAL HORNBLOWER IN THE WEST INDIES.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1958]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Horatio Hornblower novel. Sea adventure during the Napoleanic wars.
COMMODORE HORNBLOWER.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. Octavo, dust jacket painting by N. C. Wyeth, cloth. First U. S. edition. A Horatio Hornblower novel. Published in the U. K. as THE COMMODORE. Sea adventure during the Napoleanic wars.
HORNBLOWER AND THE HOTSPUR.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1962]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. A Horatio Hornblower novel. Sea adventure during the Napoleanic wars.
HORNBLOWER DURING THE CRISIS: AND TWO STORIES: HORNBLOWERS TEMPTATION and THE LAST ENCOUNTER.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1967]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. The posthumously published final Hornblower book which the author was working on upon his death. Sea adventure during the Napoleanic wars.
LORD HORNBLOWER.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. Octavo, dust jacket painting by N. C. Wyeth, cloth. First edition. A Horatio Hornblower novel. Sea adventure during the Napoleanic wars.
OUTLAND.
New York: Warner Books, 1981. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original of the novelization of the screenplay (by Peter Hyams). Contains stills from the film.
THE COLLECTOR.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1963.]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-39.