Jaws: A Novel [First British Edition with Signed Correspondence]
Published by Andre Deutsch, 105 Great Russel Street, London, 1974
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.The BiblioFile
AbeBooks seller since November 30, 2006
Condition: Used - Fine
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Stylishly signed by Peter Benchley on letter request with typed correspondence in the original envelope. First impression indicated by statement at copyright page: "First published 1974 by Andre Deutsch Limited. Copyright 1974 by Peter Benchley." Deep red full cloth textured boards, light shelf wear. Gilt spine titles with stylized bands, fine. Deckled pages near fine, clean; no writing. Flesh coloured endpapers, pinkish peach endpapers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Highly unique and stylish British first edition pictorial dust wrapper in deep dark bluish-black, fine; unclipped 1.95 net, protected in fine clear sleeve. Classic cover wrap-around art by Tom Simmonds of swimmers at water's edge with large white Great White bursting from blackness; bold cover and spine titles in red and black. Moderate spine toning. Front flap features unique synopsis for this issue. Back flap features Doubleday cropped portrait by Alex Gotfryd of Benchley in turtle neck and sport coat with his bio below this. Rare near fine first British printing in same classic and original dust wrapper. Presented here is the original and best tale of a monstrous great white preying upon a small resort town and the terrific voyage of three heroic men to end it. It was just another day in a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach. A summer of terror began! "Pick up 'Jaws' before midnight, read the first five pages, and I guarantee you'll be putting it down breathless and stunned, as dawn is breaking the next day" - Daily Express. Peter Benchley's 'Jaws' first appeared in 1974, creating a legend that refuses to die. For each generation, the ultimate nightmare begins again. Printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Limited, London, Fakenham and Reading. 272 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Jaws: A Novel [First British Edition with Signed Correspondence]
- Author
- Benchley, Peter
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch, 105 Great Russel Street, London
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Simmonds, Tom (Jacket Design)
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
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