Hollywood adaptations
1940s-2000s
[HOLLYWOOD.] Group of first edition novels that were adapted for film or television, New York and London, 1940s-2000s.

Spies, serial killers, war-torn lovers and more: significant group of books made into films. Comprises: HOBSON, Laura. Gentleman’s Agreement. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. * SCHULMAN, Irving. The Amboy Dukes. Garden City: Doubleday, 1947. (Price-clipped.) * SHAW, Irwin. The Young Lions. New York: Random House, [1948]. * SHUTE, Nevil. On the Beach. London: Heinemann, [1957]. (Gift inscription, jacket price-clipped.) * JONES, James. From Here to Eternity. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951. Signed, no. 249 of an undesignated number of “presentation copies.” Custom clamshell. * GREENE, Ward. Lady and the Tramp. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1953]. (Ownership signature.) * PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. London: Collins and Harvill, 1958. First English edition. * BLOCH, Robert. Psycho. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. * The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. Fine condition. Custom clamshell. * SUSANN, Jacqueline. Valley of the Dolls. New York: Bernard Geis, 1966. * ADAMS, Richard. Watership Down. London: Rex Collings, 1972. (Price-clipped.) Custom clamshell. * CLARKE, Arthur C. Rendezvous with Rama. London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. * CLAVELL, James. Shogun. New York: Athenaeum, 1975. * HALEY, Alex. Roots. Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Limited edition, signed. * STYRON, William. Sophie’s Choice. New York: Random House, [1979]. Deluxe trade edition (spine faded). Signed by the author on the limitation page. * ONDAATJE, Michael. The English Patient. London: Bloomsbury, 1992. * 7 further titles, with signatures of Demi Moore and Michael Douglas (as the stars of Disclosure) and Stephen Coonts.

Together, 23 volumes. Octavo. Original cloth; dust jackets or slipcases as issued (condition varies, significant defects noted above, overall very good or better in like jackets).