Books Into Film from Linden Avenue Books

An early reprint of this 1947 best-seller. Very Good in a Good+ dustjacket. Decorative cloth boards, jacket designed by Samuel Bryant and illustrated with sketches by Agness Newton Keith and Don Johnston. Solid binding, square with sharp corners. The interior is clean and free of any markings. The dustjacket is unclipped but does not show any price, with chipping at… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Good+ dustjacket. Signed by the author. Yellow and beige boards with red lettering on spine. Binding is solid, book is square with one corner lightly bumped and minimal shelf wear. Interior is clean with no bookplates, previous owner names, etc. The dustjacket has original $4.95 price intact, rubbed with chipping at head… Read more about this item

First British edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Solid binding, square with sharp corners. The interior is clean and bright with no markings of any kind. The dustjacket is unclipped, crisp and bright with no chips, tears or other defects. Protected in Gaylord archival cover. Basis for the 1985 American black… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Boards are solid, corners are sharp. There is a small "4W" stamp on FFEP, but no other markings of any kind. The illustrated dustjacket is unclipped with original $4.95 price intact, some age-darkening at bottom edge and minimal shelf wear. Protected in mylar. Basis for the 1974 film directed… Read more about this item

Very Good in a Good+ dustjacket. A Book Club edition. Blue boards with black lettering on spine. Deckled foredge and illustrated endpapers with maps showing the track of USS Belinda in the Pacific theater during WW II. Boards are square with solid binding. The interior is clean and free of any markings, no bookplates, previous owner names, etc. The beautifully… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine and black paper boards. Tight binding, square with sharp corners. Interior is clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket shows the original $14.95 price intact wth no chips, tears or other defects. Protected in mylar. A novelization of the acclaimed 1993 American… Read more about this item

Very Good / no dustjacket. First thus 1948 printing, not a book club. Dark green boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Solid binding, square with minor wear at extremities. Interior is clean and free of any markings. Historical novel loosely based on the rivalry of North Carolina tobacco tycoons Washington Duke and John Harvey McElwee. Basis for the… Read more about this item

A January 1937 reprint of the 1936 first edition. Good / no dustjacket. Blue boards with decorative orange title and illustration. End papers illustrated with 1775 - 1783 maps of the Mohawk Valley. Text is clean and without markings. Front hinge cracked, but pages firmly attached. A sound copy showing wear at spine and corners. Previous owner name neatly written… Read more about this item

First Edition, FIrst Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Quarter blue cloth over grey boards with silver lettering on spine. Square with tight binding, interior is clean, crisp and appears unread. Some wear at base of spine, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown under the dustjacket flap. The dustjacket is price-intact ($4.95) and shows some rubbing with wear… Read more about this item

First Edition, April 1949, no additional printings listed. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Solid binding with wear at head and foot of spine. Interior is clean with no marks of any kind. Price-clipped dustjacket shows some wear with chipping at head of spine. Protected in mylar. Includes 16 pages of photographs. Basis for the 1957 film with Bob… Read more about this item

Seventh Printing of the first edition, August 1925. Condition: Good / No dustjacket. Blue cloth with orange type and reverse block. Moderate wear, spine lean, some soiling on page block. Interior is clean and unmarked. Sinclair Lewis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this novel, but he declined the award. Basis for the 1931 film directed by John Ford and… Read more about this item

Fourth printing of the first edition, July 1927. Condition: Good / No dustjacket. Blue cloth with orange type and reverse block. Hinge is loose, but pages are firmly attached. Moderate overall wear and pages are age-darkened. Boards are solid and text is clean and unmarked. In 1930, Sinclair Lewis became the first American awarded the Nobel Prize for literature "...for… Read more about this item

Eighth Printing of the first edition, July 1927. Condition: Good / No dustjacket. Blue cloth with orange type and reverse block. Text is clean and unmarked. Bookstore sticker on front endpaper. Hinge loose but boards are in good shape and all pages are firmly attached. Moderate wear and page-darkening. A satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion that caused an uproar upon… Read more about this item

An early reprint, published same year as the Harcourt, Brace & Co. first edition. Reddish-orange cloth with black lettering on spine. No dustjacket. Boards are square and in good shape with wear at head and foot of spine. Previous owner name neatly printed in top corner of front flyleaf. Interior is clean and without additonal markings. Basis for the Academy… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Good / no dustjacket. The true first edition in red boards with black lettering on spine. Shows some wear at extremities and head and foot of spine. The interior is clean with no markings of any kind. "The thrilling story of the handful of incorruptible men who smashed the bootleg empire of 'Scarface' Al Capone." Basis… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Good / no dustjacket. Worn at head and foot of spine with some fading, top edge is sunned. Book is square and the interior is clean with no markings of any kind. A coming-of-age novel about an ambitious young woman pursuing her artistic dreams in New York City from Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk. Basis for… Read more about this item

Atheneum, 1972. No edition stated. Fine / Fine. Book is solid, clean and unmarked with sharp corners. Not a book club. The unclipped dust jacket is clean and bright with no chips or tears and protected in mylar cover. Classic football novel, adapted to the hilarious 1977 movie with Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson and Jill Clayburgh. Carefully packaged and shipped… Read more about this item

Random House, 1946. First edition, First Printing. Good / Good. A clean, unmarked copy. Front hinge a bit loose, but the age-darkened pages are fully attached. A beautifully illustrated dust jacket with the original $2.50 price intact. Chipping and wear at extremities and some paper loss at base of spine; however, presents well in protective mylar cover. Ford and MacBain… Read more about this item

Random House, 1990. First edition, First printing. Fine / Fine. Black quarter cloth and red boards with silver stamped lettering on spine. A clean and unmarked copy, square with tight binding and sharp corners. The fine dustjacket is bright, unfaded, with no chips or tears. Protected in a Brodart mylar cover. Wozencraft, a former undercover narcotics officer, tells a compelling… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Co., 1963. First American edition, first printing. VG / VG. Book is square and binding is tight. Shows shelf wear, lightly bumped rear top corner, dust-darkened top page block. The price-intact dust jacket is bright, with minimal wear and some soiling on rear panel. Protected in mylar. Basis for the 1968 espionage / suspense / thriller film with… Read more about this item