First printing of the first appearances of the novellas that would become two major films in the King canon.
Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Price: $600.00
"Two of the most talked-about film adaptations of Stephen King's work came from the same collection of novellas and don't rely on classic horror or supernatural elements of storytelling." — Rob Reiner, director of STAND BY ME
This collection contains four novellas, all published here for the first time: "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" (adapted in 1994 to THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION); "Apt Pupil" (also adapted into a 1998 film of the same name); "The Body" (adapted into the 1986 film STAND BY ME); and "The Breathing Method."
Read more: Maura Grady, Tony Magistrate, The Shawshank Experience: Tracking the History of the World's Favorite Movie.
First edition. New York: Viking Press, (1982). 9.25'' x 6''. Original blue cloth spine, blue paper boards, gilt-lettered spine and front board with additional lettering in light blue on spine. Original unclipped ($16.95) color pictorial dust jacket, photographic portrait of King with his child on rear panel. [12], 527, [1] pages, with individual title pages for each novella. Afterword by King. Mild rubbing to jacket. Faint toning to pages. Else clean and sharp.
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