Ritual by Pinner David (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 266 pages. Spanish language. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Fair condition. Clean pages, intact binding.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback. Some light staining to the front cover, with a small amount of peeling to the cover edges. Staining to the text block edge. Pages remain clean throughout. ALL ORDERS TO THE EU OVER ?150 REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO COVER IMPORT COSTS. Import costs are generally 6-15% of the order value. We will contact you before accepting the order. Orders will be rejected if the additional charge is not accepted.…

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback. Light staining to the back cover, with some rubbing to the top cover edge. Foxing to the text block edge and page margins. EU ORDERS OVER EUR 150 REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO COVER IMPORT COSTS (GENERALLY 6-15% OF THE ORDER VALUE). WE WILL CONTACT YOU BEFORE ACCEPTING THE ORDER. ORDERS WILL BE REJECTED IF THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE IS NOT ACCEPTED. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. NO ORIGINAL COVER SLEEVE. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Paperback, first Arrow Books edition from 1968, in very good condition, 222pp. This novel was the inspiration for The Wickerman. Spine is creased and page block is tanned. No other notable flaws, very good condition. AD. Used.

Condition: Very good plus. First edition thus. First paperback edition of this tale of a fearful and conscience-bound police detective undone by pagan lechery, basis for The Wicker Man and an influence on countless folk horror variations on its themes. Pinner first conceived of RITUAL as a treatment for a screenplay, ultimately adapting his story into a novel at the urgings of his agent and selling the film rights to Christopher Lee over one fateful lunch in 1971. From there, WICKER MAN screenwriter Anthony Shaffer adapted the material into its best-known form, changing the location from Cornwall to Summerisle and drastically altering the ending, but retaining the Robert Gravesian folk mythology and Dennis Wheatleyesque occult horrors that gave the story such lasting appeal in all its forms (not counting the Nicholas Cage remake, about which the less said the better.) First published in hardcover the year before, all early editions are now scarce. 7'' x 4.25''. Original pictorial wrappers. 221, [2] pages. Small chip to lower corner of back cover; some creasing to front cover. Small closed tear to page 221. Light edgewear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Jacket by Peter Edwards. Top and bottom page edges modestly foxed, front fly with a small light stain and tiny hole, bright and very good or better in a somewhat edgeworn, very good or better dust jacket with a couple of nicks, and a tiny bit of internal foxing; there are the tiniest bubbles in the jacket lamination, but without the delamination in the gutters often seen in this title. A presentable copy of the author's first novel, basis for the cult film *The Wicker Man* starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, and Britt Ekland. Much scarcer than the later novelization co-written by Anthony Shaffer from his screenplay for the film.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Finders Keepers Records 2011). First UK Edition Thus. Publisher's black boards with silver titles to the spine. A very fine copy in like dustwrapper. As new. NB: basis for the British folk-horror film The Wicker Man. This is a faithful facsimile of the first edition produced by an independent record label specialising in folk music and now almost as rare as the first edition from 1967. A deluxe hardback edition of the re-release of a true modern rarity and historical keystone in occult fiction and cinematic pop culture returns. Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, Ritual is commonly recognised by cult cinema fanatics as the original seed that spawned the towering movie enigma, The Wicker Man. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

dj. First Edition. First edition, first printing. 223 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver lettering. Very Good+ with lean to spine, a little staining to edges, in a Very Good dust jacket, edge worn, bubbling to laminate, laminate lifting along front gutter, closed tear to back panel, old price sticker to front flap, tape on verso. The novel that inspired the 1973 classic The Wicker Man, a "folk horror" film with a strong cult following and slow but steadily-growing chorus of critical acclaim. It was the British actor/author's first novel, quickly falling out of print. …