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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1971 Harcourt Brace & Janovich Stated First Edition, First printing ( letters ABCDE). A very solid collectible in VG/VG+ condition. The Hardback is very clean with black boards and gold spine with intact lettering. The book is tight with no lean.There are 1/2 cm bumps on the lower corners and a 3/4 cm long but thin vertical loss of gold cloth at the upper right spine fold (see photo) The DJ is overall bright, wrapped in mylar and not price clipped. There are two professionally repaired along the edge and spine ends, now repaired tears on the lower flap folds and wrapped in mylar. Adapted by the author and Robert C. Jones into the classic 1979 Hal Ashby film, starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart and Richard Basehart. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1944. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1944 Knopf STATED FIRST EDITION with the author's **SIGNATURE** on an enclosed commemorative envelope postmarked June 6, 1974. Note that this postmark is the 30th anniversary of D-Day. This exceedingly RARE copy of this classic in Very Good /Very Good condition. The HB has bright yellow boards with a trace of soiling, foxing of the pages and a minute puncture in the middle of the fold along the left of the spine. There is a on the FFEP: 1) a paper square identifying the book seller "The Personal Bookshop, Boston" and 2) a dedication in pencil from one friend to another, dated March 1944. The clipped DJ has paper loss along the upper and lower spine and flap folds without loss of the lettering. of scuffing along the left side and spine. Adapted by Paul Osborn for the 1944 Broadway play and 1953 TV drama both starring Frederic March. It was then adapted to film in 1945 starring John Hodiak. The latest… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1987 Knopf FIRST edition/FIRST printing from the late and highly honored author. Beloved won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book is in NearFine/NearFine condition. The DJ is price clipped but shows only very minor wear. The hardback is intact with no marks, lettering bends or folds. A wonderful copy of a classic and one of the great works of modern fiction from the1993 Nobel Prize Winner.

Edinburgh: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. Helen Fitzgerald's "Bloody Women" is a "gender-busting" black comedy thriller based in Scotland. It was originally issued in 2009 in paperback form. Synchronicity Films is producing an eight part limited series for British TV with an adaptation by Lorna Martin & Sharon Horgan.  *Bren-Books specializes in 1st Edition Books into Film*

London: Beacon Books, 1957. First Thus . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 1957 Beacn Press London FIRST THUS paperback first printing of Finney's classic thriller to be released once again in 2007! A G+ copy with minor wear at the edges, corners and ends. **BONUS** Also receive a Dell copy as well! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.

NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 1988 F S & G First Edition, First printing in NF/F condition. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.

Harpenden UK: No Exit Press, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This 2017 No Exit Press 1st UK Edition/1st Printing is in Fine Condition. Hardback: unmarked, tightly bound, no stains, trace bumps on two corners. Dustjacket: Fine condition with retained UK price. The book was originally published in French in 2015. Received the Governor General's Award for Fiction. To be developed as a thriller series called "Boundary Pond." Louis Choquette will directed with William S. Messier as script writer and creator of the "series bible." Translated by award-winning Donald Winkler

New York: Richard Marek, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1980 Richard Marek 1st Edition of this superb spy thriller in Near Fine/VG condition and ***SIGNED*** on a bookplate placed on the title page. The text and HB undamaged and bright, the black cloth boards are unfaded. . The DJ is unclipped and has four repaired tears, and minor loss of paper at the corner folds and spine ends. A beautiful copy of the book made twice into a film.

New York: Richard Marek, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1980 Richard Marek 1st Edition of this superb spy thriller in Near Fine/VG condition and ***SIGNED*** on a bookplate placed on the title page. The text and HB undamaged and bright, the black cloth boards are unfaded. . The DJ is unclipped and has three repaired tears, and minor loss of paper at the spine ends. A beautiful copy of the book made twice into a film.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2008 Little brown First Ed./First printing of the soon to be released film of Book 4 of the Twilight Saga. it is in NF/NF unmarked condition. **BONUS** Also receive the 2010 First Ed. of The Short Second life of Bree Tanner in F/F condition. **BONUS** Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First Book Club . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1945 Little Brown True First American Book Club Edition with 1945 on both the title and copyright pages and no other printings cited. After the success in Britain it became the January 1946 Book Club of the Month selection and thus precedes the 1946 Trade Edition and far more elusive. A wonderful copy in Near FINE condition/in a VG DJ. The deep red boards have very little wear -simply bumps at the corners and the black ink is as bright as new. The interior is very clean and tight with just a tad of darkening to the end pages. The DJ has minor wear ar the corners and edges. A RARE copy!

London: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1928 Longmans Green First Edition stated 5th impression in VG+/VG--condition. A lovely collectible of the English first which preceded the American first by a matter of days. The HB is very clean and tight with some darkening only on the end pages. The unclipped DJ is missing a small piece of the top spine end so the "The" is missing and affecting a tiny bit of the "B" in Bridge. There is an even smaller missing chip at the bottom spine end as well. The illustrated covers are very bright with just a tad of darkeneing along the spine.

London: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1927 Longmans, Green & Company TRUE FIRST EDITION, which preceded the US First Edition by a matter of days. A VG+/VG copy of this rare first made even more so by having a splendid **HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER** by Mr. Wilder. The HB is very clean and tight with just some browning on the end pages. The unclipped DJ has a small piece missing from the upper spine end, not affecting the title. There are a few tiny other chips now in mylar and protected. A very strong copy and a wonderful combo! BONUS BOOK: A very early ex--library copy of "Our Town" which appears to be dated from April 5, 1938, two months after its Broadway premiere. Movie History Facts: Adapted for the screen three times: 1929 MGM Silent Film with Lili DAmita & Ernest Torrence (plus the legendary Lola Montes as a Spanish dancer) 1944 United Artists B&W Film with Lynn Bari & Akim Tamiroff 2004 New Line Cinema Color Film with Gabriel Byrne,… Read More

New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Donna Diamond. 1977 Thomas Crowell FIRST edition 2nd printing ( # line to 2) of Paterson's always RARE book. The book is ***SIGNED & INSCRIBED to a reader & DATED 11/9/1996,*** on a tipped-in card, located on the title page. A beautiful and hard-to-find copy with the author's inscribed signature makes it a great gift for any age and occasion. The hardback & spine is in Near Fine condition, with no marks, slant, stains. There is a trace of foxing on the front and rear end paper. The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition. It is later state, when the book's publisher changed to HarperCollins. There is a faint discoloration near the edges but otherwise the DJ is clean and bright. Adapted successfully for film in 2007 by David Paterson and Jeff Stockwell, directed by Gabor Csupo, starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2000, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 2000 Viking Press FIRST edition of the sequel to Briget Jones's Diary and soon to be released aqs a major motion picture. This book is in NEW/NEW condition and appears unread. Botht the HB& DJ Are completely unmarked. Also receive the 2004 Viking FIRST edition of her latest, "Olivia Joules." **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.

London: Picador USA, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1999 Picador London FIRST English edition of Fielding's follow up to Bridget Jones's Diary and about to be released as a major motion picture. This book is in FINE/FINE condition. The HB is prisitne and unmarked throughout. The DJ has a small lower edge price clip but is otherwise unmarked and very bright.

NY: Random House, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1984 Random House First/First of one of Simon's best-loved works. With a **SIGNED** card laid in. In FINE/VG condition.Th HB is very clean, tight & unmarked. The clipped DJ has a bit of darkening & minor wear along the edge.

Random House, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1987 Random House First Edition is in VG+/VG+ condition. The HB looks like new except for 3mm from the top of the first three page were pulled by the inside inner front cover, probably by faulty glue. Otherwise this is an unmarked, tight, seemingly unread copy. The DJ is intact and not price-clipped. This play is the third in the autobiographical trilogy, beginning with Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. It debuted on Broadway in 1986, directed by Gene Saks, and starring Linda Lavin, Jonathan Silverman, Jason Alexander and Phyllis Newman. It was later filmed for TV by Paul Bogart in 1992 and starred Jonathan Silverman, as well as Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach, and Michele Lee. In addition receive the 1994 Random House FIRST edition of Jake's Women which is in FINE/FINE condition with no marks or wear at all. *Brenbooks specializes in first edition books and plays that have been made into movies.

New York NY: St Martins Press, 1984. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1984 St. Martin's Press FIRST Edition First Printing in NF/VG+condition. The HB is very clean and tight with only a small address label on the ffep. The unclipped DJ has very minor wear at the edges. corners and spine ends. A hard-to-find elusive early work.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New.