In the Heat Of the Night

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by John Ball directly on the title page, including a unique, pithy inscription from Ball, incorporating the most famous quote from the 1967 film that won five Academy Awards: "'They call me Mr. Tibbs.' / They call me / John Ball." Book and dust jacket… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Row. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Includes loose slip signed by Ball. DJ is price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 pages; Signed by Author .

NY: Harper & Row. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Includes loose slip signed by Ball. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 pages; Signed by Author .

NY: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Mass market paperback. Bantam edition published July 1967; first paperback edition. Inscribed/dated to ffep verso by Ball. Heel slightly bumped, crease to spine; mild shelfwear to wraps. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Signed by Author .

London: Pan Books, 1967 A very good copy with a small ownership name in front. Film scene cover.

Hamlyn Paperbacks, London, 1978. Reprint. Softcover. Fair Condition. Paperback binding with silver and blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This book was the basis of the film starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. The first outing of the African American detective Virgil Tibbs. In the sleepy southern… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row,, 1965. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, grey boards, titles to spine and publisher's device to front board in silver, patterned endpapers. With dust jacket. Very faint toning to board edges. An excellent copy in the dust jacket with a short closed tear to head of rear joint and toned… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. First novel featuring Ball's African American homicide detective Virgil Tibbs, who finds himself immersed in racial conflict after a murder takes place in a small Southern town. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1966, and basis for Norman Jewison's Oscar-winning film adaptation, starring Rod Steiger and… Read more about this item

London: Micheal Joseph, 1966. E-Mail for details. Not Signed. First English. Original Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardback.

Bantam Books New York., 1967. 5th Bantam Printing.. Softcover.. Very Fine/--. Paperback.. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Looks and feels NEVER READ. Book VERY FINE, Covers Near Fine. Covers are black, white gold and red letters, colour pictorial front, black/white photos from film on back. Covers… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 184pp. Cloth backed boards. A mystery introducing African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. 1966 Edgar Award winner for best first novel. Basis for the 1967 Oscar winning Norman Jewison movie featuring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and for the 1988 TV series featuring Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins. A touch… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1965]., 1965. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Edgar Award Winner for Best First Mystery Novel of 1965, and the basis for the great movie of the same name, that starred Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs, and Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, and others. A hot August night… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 184 pp. Original half cloth and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in silver. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slightly sunned spine panel. An uncommonly neat, unrubbed example of the dust jacket. The author's first book. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First… Read more about this item

London: Pan, 1967. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Pan Edition. VG, Edgewear, creases, spine lean, browning. A Virgil Tibbs murder mystery. Movie tie-in. Rear cover shows still from the film starring Sydney Poitier & Rod Steiger. Pan X711. Photo on request..

John Ball. In the Heat of the Night. First edition. Harper and Row: New York. 1965. Original purple dust jacket design by Luiz Woods. 184 pages. Measures 8.25" x 6" inches. The story follows Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective solving a murder case in notoriously racist small town South Carolina. The book and its 1967 film adaptation engaged… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The exceedingly scarce British first edition of this novel, basis for the famous film starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. Near-fine with name written on flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with slight rubbing at the corners.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First edition of the author's classic mystery drama which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant. Octavo, original half cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Anthony Miller and Hatie with warmest… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, [1967]., 1967. First edition. First paperback edition and first movie edition of this award-winning first novel. Signed by the author. Very good in pictorial wrappers. In addition to the best first novel Edgar award the story also received the Gold Dagger award as best non-British mystery of the year. Included is a 13" x 18"… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1965]., 1965. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket with one small tear at the head of spine professionally restored. Edgar Award Winner for Best First Mystery Novel of 1965, and the basis for the Academy Award-winning, great movie of the same name, that starred Sidney Poitier as Virgil… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Row, 1965 First edition, first printing; light soiling to book covers and wear to edges and corners; edge wear, rubbing, small closed tears and a small chip on bottom front of dust jacket with $3.50 price intact; o/w VG+/VG+; signed card by John Ball attached to front free end paper; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).… Read more about this item