Film & TV source books
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.
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The fifth James Bond adventures. Hubin, p. 288.
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.
THE COLLECTOR.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-39.
COLD MOUNTAIN.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Winner of the 1997 National Book Award for fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner. Basis for the feature film.
MIRRORMASK: THE ILLUSTRATED FILM SCRIPT OF THE MOTION PICTURE FROM THE JIM HENSON COMPANY.
[New York]: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. The storyboarded script and scenes from the film with additional material. Story by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, screenplay by Neil Gaiman, storyboards by Dave McKean.
STARDUST (with original drawing).
New York: William Morrow, [2012]. Octavo, cloth. First limited edition. Of of 2000 signed and numbered copies signed by Gaiman this copy is one of five copies sent to artist Charles Vess, marked PC. The copies Vess received omitted the color frontispiece so he did an original signed drawing on the title page. This edition includes a revised introduction and a new postscript by Gaiman. Also includes a story not in the original edition, "Wall: A Prologue." Basis for the 2007 film with Claire Danes and Charlie Cox.
STARDUST.
[New York: Spike / Avon Books, Inc., 1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. This is the novel without the Vess illustrations. Basis for the 2007 film with Claire Danes and Charlie Cox.
BATMAN.
London: Macdonald, 1989. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Novelization of the film. Includes 8 pages of color stills.
DR. CYCLOPS.
New York: Phoenix Press, Publishers, [1940]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-255 [256: blank], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First edition. Novelization of the 1940 film starring Albert Dekker as the ruthless and sadistic mad scientist in the Peruvian jungle who uses radioactivity to miniaturize living things, including a group of human beings who are reduced to one fifth of their natural size. "Not only is Dr. Cyclops a literate horror/sci-fi film with good animation and special effects; it is also filmed in Technicolor, something unheard of for such a low-budget film at that time." - Parish & Pitts, The Great Science Fiction Pictures, pp. 104-105. The novel, often attributed to, but not by, Henry Kuttner, was perhaps written by Alexander Samalman. Kuttner did write a shorter magazine version from the film script which was published in THRILLING WONDER STORIES, June 1940.