Film & TV source books
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1966]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The novel won the 1966 Nebula award; the earlier short story won the 1960 Hugo award. Filmed twice, the first as "Charly" in 1968 starring Cliff Robertson who won an Oscar for the title role, and again in 2000 as "Flowers for Algernon" in a made for TV film. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-597. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 802-06.
CARRIE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by King on the front free end paper to a well known early fan. Signed on 10/12/79, likely at the World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island October 12-14, 1979. The author's first book. The correct first printing with "first edition" on copyright page, printing code "P6" on page 199, and dust jacket priced $5.95. Basis for the well received 1976 Brian de Palma film which made the novel a bestseller in its mass market paperback reprint format and made King a celebrity writer. A remake was broadcast in 2002 as a made for television film. The original film also spawned a sequel "The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-231. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-162. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 197-202. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-129.
FIRESTARTER.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-167.
FIRESTARTER.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
THE GREEN MILE PART ONE: THE TWO DEAD GIRLS [with] THE GREEN MILE PART TWO: THE MOUSE ON THE MILE [with] THE GREEN MILE PART THREE: COFFEY'S HANDS [with] THE GREEN MILE PART FOUR: THE BAD DEATH OF EDUARD DELACROIX [with] THE GREEN MILE PART FIVE: NIGHT JOURNEY [with] THE GREEN MILE PART SIX: COFFEY ON THE MILE.
[New York]: A Signet Book, [1996]. Small octavo, six volumes, pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printings of all six parts. Signet Fiction AE9049; Signet Fiction AE9052; Signet Fiction AE9054; Signet Fiction AE9055; Signet Fiction AE9056; and Signet Fiction AE9057 A novel published published in six self-contained monthly paperback installments. Made into a fine feature film in 1999, directed and screenplay by Frank Darabont. It starred Tom Hanks in the lead role with David Morse, Bonnie Hunt and Michael Clarke Duncan. The film was nominated for numerous awards including four Oscar nominations. "A Depression-era prison novel, as hauntingly touching as it is just plain haunted ... One of his freshest and most frightening works to date." - Tom De Haven.
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS.
[New York]: Scribner, [1999]. Octavo, two-part boards. First edition. Five interconnected narratives spanning the last four decades and affected in some way by the Sixties and the Vietnam War. Filmed in 2001 from a screenplay by William Goldman.
'SALEM'S LOT.
[London]: New English LIbrary, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Vampire novel set in a sleepy Maine town. Filmed twice as made for television films. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-172. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #72.
THE STAND.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by King on the front free end paper to a well known early fan. Signed on 10/12/79, likely at the World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island October 12-14, 1979. "Apocalyptic horror novel and a cornerstone of modern horror fiction ... THE STAND represents King's most ambitiously imaginative novel and the most fulfilling exploration of a predominant theme in his work: the behavior of groups functioning under the pressure of extraordinary situations." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-206. Basis for the 1994 made for television miniseries starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-601. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-175. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1801-06. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-135.
HIDEAWAY.
[London]: Headline, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Precedes the U.S. edition. Made into a feature film in 1995.
PHANTOMS.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1983]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "...Phantoms is extremely well written and set the tone for Koontz's later big bestsellers..." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-188. Filmed in 1998 from a screenplay by the author.
MR. MURDER.
[London]: Headline, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The British edition precedes the American edition. Suspense novel involving a serial killer. Produced as a made for TV film in 1998.
MR. MURDER.
[London]: Headline, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The British edition precedes the American edition. Suspense novel involving a serial killer. Produced as a made for TV film in 1998.
BINARY.
New York: Knopf, 1972. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Last novel with the John Lange pseudonym. Filmed in 1972 under the title Pursuit (title changed for television release), directed by the author.
COLD IN JULY.
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Crime novel. Made into a feature film.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2008]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. The first novel in this best-selling series and basis for the film(s).
SOLARIS.
New York: Walker and Company,U.S. edition. 1970. Octavo, cloth. First edition in English. The first book by Lem published in English. Translated from a French translation by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox. "...this novel combines profound philosophical speculation with the structure of traditional action-adventure SF, embodied in a clear, vivid writing style..." "A major work by any measure." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-115. Filmed twice, the first time a Russian release in 1972 directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (U.S. release in 1973) and filmed again in 2002 in the U.S. by Steven Soderbergh. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-115. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2107-12.
SOLARIS.
[Warszawa]: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, [1961]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "...this novel combines profound philosophical speculation with the structure of traditional action-adventure SF, embodied in a clear, vivid writing style..." "A major work by any measure." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-115. Filmed twice, the first time a Russian release in 1972 directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (U. S. release in 1973) and filmed again in 2002 in the U. S. by Steven Soderbergh. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2107-12.
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.