Movie Catalog, T-U
398. TAYLOR, Peter. The Old Forest and Other Stories. Garden City: Doubleday/Dial, 1985. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Very near fine in like dust jacket, with an invitation to a screening of the film made from the title story laid in.
399. TEVIS, Walter. The Man Who Fell to Earth. Greenwich: Fawcett/Gold Medal (1963). Review copy of this paperback original. A remarkably uncommon book by the author of The Hustler. Basis for the cult film starring David Bowie as a stranded extraterrestrial. Acidic pages edge-darkened, light stain to foredge. Very near fine, with promotional sheet tipped in. Very scarce thus.
400. THEROUX, Paul. Saint Jack. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. An advance review copy of his sixth book, set in Malaya during the Vietnam war and made into a memorable film by Peter Bogdanovich, with Ben Gazzara in the title role. It was on the strength of this and a handful of other books set in southeast Asia that Theroux came to be considered one of the most eloquent chroniclers of the dissolution of colonialism in the Third World. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a hint of crimping to the crown.
401. -. Same title, not a review copy. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
402. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Mild spine and edge-sunning. Top edge cut at a bit of a slant. Still very near fine in wrappers. Uncommon.
403. THEROUX, Paul. The Mosquito Coast. London: Hamish Hamilton (1981). A novel of an iconoclastic individualist who moves his family to Central America to start anew, unencumbered by the trappings of civilization. A funny and sad satire of the Western values of self-reliance and the Protestant work ethic; made into a successful movie with Harrison Ford and River Phoenix. Light bump to spine base; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
404. -. Same title, the first American edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982). Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
405. -. Another copy, unsigned. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
406. THEROUX, Paul. The London Embassy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. First American edition, and first thus. The first story of the British edition, "Volunteer Speaker," is omitted in the U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
407. THEROUX, Paul. Half Moon Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Two novellas: "Doctor Slaughter" and "Doctor DeMarr," the first of which became the film Half Moon Street with Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver. No comparable edition in the U.K., where Doctor Slaughter was published separately. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
408. THOMAS, D.M. The White Hotel. London/Beverly Hills: John Johnson/William Morris Agency (n.d.). First draft typescript of a screenplay based on his award-winning novel. 93 photo-reproduced sheets in a black vinyl binder with the title and author embossed on the front cover. Thomas' richly fantastic novel was an ambitious attempt to chronicle much of the pivotal history of the Twentieth Century, from Freud to Hitler, through the inner life of the mind of one of Freud's patients who ends up at a Nazi concentration camp. An unusual book, which would have made an interesting movie; as far as we know, this is unproduced. Fine.
409. THOMAS, Dylan. The Complete Screenplays. NY: Applause Books (1995). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of Thomas' little-known screenplays and film treatments. Fine in wrappers.
410. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. NY: Random House (1971). First edition of Thompson's hilarious, drug-soaked memoir of a trip to Vegas -- the book that defined "gonzo journalism." Made into an improbably faithful movie starring Johnny Depp. This is a near fine copy in a supplied, near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author and dated in San Francisco in 1984. Thompson rarely signs books, and signed copies of his most famous and successful book seldom turn up on the market.
411. TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit. London: Allen & Unwin (1937). First edition of Tolkien's first foray into fiction, a modern classic and the bestselling children's book of the 20th century, precursor to The Lord of the Rings, perhaps the most elaborate fantasy ever written. This is a fine copy in a beautiful dust jacket that has had a few small chips skillfully restored. A 1978 animated film for television featured a cast including John Huston (as Gandalf), Otto Preminger and Richard Boone, but simplified the story, stripping it of much of its power. In a custom full morocco case.
412. TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1954-56). The first American editions of this landmark trilogy, consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Volume One has a price-clipped, apparently later issue jacket; Volume Two has initials written under the front flap; Volume Three has an owner name; otherwise this is a near fine set in very good, lightly sunned dust jackets with modest edgewear including a couple of small edge chips. Each volume has the fold-out map in the rear intact. While not perfect, still a nice set of this fantasy classic, which has since been reissued in a multitude of editions. The 1978 animated film by Ralph Bakshi covers only half of the trilogy.
413. -. Same title. Page proofs of the British edition (London:Allen & Unwin, 1953-1955). Three handbound volumes in wrappers. Volume I is in original tan wrappers and is the earliest state, printed in September 1953, with the title page before the borders and signatures 19-22 mispaginated. There are a few marginal notes in two editorial hands; laid in is a December 14 letter from the publisher transmitting the proof to Arthur Ransome for review. Volume II is also the earliest state, with the synopsis page blank and uncorrected misprints in the text. Printed in February 1954 and including the rare proof of the folding map, first printed in late January. Volume III was not issued until 1955, and is included here as a first edition in two states of the dust jacket. The set is near fine or better, in full morocco case. The first editions of the three volumes are scarce in themselves; the proofs, in the earliest states, are immeasurably more so.
414. TOLKIN, Michael. The Player. NY: Atlantic Monthly (1988). A black comedy of Hollywood filmmaking, adapted for the screen by the author; memorably filmed by Robert Altman with a cast that included dozens of stars either acting or making cameo appearances. Remainder stripe; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
415. TUROW, Scott. Presumed Innocent. NY: FSG (1987). His second book, first novel, a bestseller and probably the most talked about book of that year -- a courtroom thriller published by one of the most literary publishing houses in the U.S. and bearing blurbs by such writers as Wallace Stegner and Pat Conroy. Basis for the Alan Pakula film with Harrison Ford. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
416. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Covers rubbed; a near fine copy in wrappers.
417. TYLER, Anne. The Accidental Tourist. NY: Knopf, 1985. A novel that solidified Tyler's place as one of the foremost writers of her generation; filmed with William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis, who won an Oscar. This is the first issue of the uncorrected proof copy, in cream wrappers. Inscribed by Tyler to W.P. (Bill) Kinsella in 1990. An excellent literary and cinematic association: Kinsella's Shoeless Joe became Field of Dreams. Some surface soiling, a read copy. Very good in wrappers, laid into a custom clamshell box.
418. -. Same title, the second issue proof in red wrappers. A publisher's label on the front cover indicates the first printing would be 75,000 copies, far larger than any previous Tyler novel. These days, her books command first printings in the range of 250-350,000 copies. Fine.
419. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof of the Canadian edition (Markham: Penguin, 1985). Spine creasing; else fine in wrappers.
420. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof of the British edition (London: Chatto & Windus, 1985). Shot from typescript. Fine in a rumpled proof dust jacket.
421. UPDIKE, John. The Witches of Eastwick. NY: Knopf, 1984. The uncorrected proof copy of Updike's suburban fantasy, made into a movie with Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. Chosen by British critic David Pringle as one of the hundred best fantasy novels of the postwar era. This is the first issue proof, which contains passages that were not in the later proof or in the published book. Fine, in brick red wrappers.
422. -. Same title, the trade edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
423. -. Same movie. Typed Note Signed. July 2, [1987]. Written by Updike to a magazine editor. Updike declines to write an article on Quidor and then thanks the recipient for "standing in line for [the film version of] The Witches of Eastwick: "If you ever get inside, I fear you'll find it's not worth it. Though the scene of the pink balloons sticks in my mind..." One 5½" x 8½" sheet of letterhead paper, unfolded, inside a hand-addressed 10" x 13" envelope, which is folded once. Fine.