Edited with an introduction by William Kittredge & Steven M. Krauzer.
New York: Harper Colophon Books/Harper & Row, Publishers, (1979).
First edition, first printing; trade paperback original.
"First edition" statement to the copyright page.
A collection of nine superior stories that were adapted to major films:
- FREAKS by Tod Robbins
- NIGHT BUS by Samuel Hopkins Adams (film title: 'It Happened One Night')
- STAGE TO LORDSBURG by Ernest Haycox (film title: 'Stagecoach')
- CYCLIST'S RAID by Frank Rooney (film title: 'The Wild One')
- REAR WINDOW by Cornell Woolrich
- THE HUSTLER by Walter S. Tevis
- THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE by Dorothy M. Johnson
- BLOW-UP by Julio Cortazar
- THE SENTINEL by Arthur C. Clarke (Film title: '2001 A Space Odyssey')
Also includes bibliographies on film and literature, and a descriptive filmography with credits.
Slight rub-wear to the shelf-edge of the upper rear corner, pages tanning as usual, else very tight, square, firm, and nearly fine in glossy stiff-card wraps; original printed $5.95 price and code CN 638 still intact to the front cover.
Trade paperback; 287 pages.
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