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London: Cresset Press, 1957. First British Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First British edition of Patricia Highsmith's best-known work and signed by her on the title page. Bound in publisher's original red cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good or better with light edge wear, slight bumping to crown, slight odor to pages, foxing to textblock edges, tanning to endsheets. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with toning, darkening to the spine and light dust-soiling.

London: Cresset, 1957. A first edition, first printing published by The Cresset Press in 1957. A fine book without inscriptions - some light off-setting to the endpapers. In a fine neatly clipped wrapper. No fading or browning to the spine as is usual. Simply put, the best copy we have seen. The author's second book and notably filmed in 1999 starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon and Jude Law. An excellent title to possess and very scarce.

Coward- McCann, 1955. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Association Copy. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket. First Edition $3.00 On Flap. Stamped Advance Copy. Also a Great Association Copy With Signed Book Plate Of Sidney Sheldon. Sheldon A Great Novelist And TV Producer In His Own Right.I Dream Of Jeannie, Hart To Hart and Other Great TV Shows. Noted His Great Books ThatIinclude Other Side Of Midnight. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Mystery Classic. Comes In a Beautifully Made Slipcase..

Coward-McCann, 1955. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a fine jacket. First Edition. Ever so light spine fade to the green jacket.$3.00 on flap.Beautiful Copy.Exceptionally Fresh.Great Vintage Novel of Suspense..

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1955]., 1955. First edition. First edition. Author's third book. Some light offsetting to front and rear endpapers, else near fine, tight copy in dust jacket, lightly sunned on the spine and with light professional restoration to the spine ends and corners. Introduces Tom Ripley, an American ne'er-do-well who travels to Italy on an unusual assignment of larceny and murder. Filmed as PURPLE NOON with Alain Delon as Tom Ripley.

New York: Coward-Mccann, 1955. Nice copy of author's third book. Unmarked, tight and square. Black boards with light blue lettering on spine. Sharp tips. Blank endpapers. Price intact jacket ($3) has moderate wear at front fold with two tiny nicks. Tanned on spine to green portion but yellow and black fresh. Basis for excellent film that starred Matt Damon and Jude Law. Hard to find this nice. In mylar.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1955. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 252 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine light green with yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$3.00." Moderate shelf wear. Considerable tearing and chipping to dust jacket. Open tears to head and tail of spine, obstructing text. Rubbing and fraying to cloth along edges of boards. Non-archival tape adhered to inside of jacket at spine and hinges. Toning to edges of textblock. Interior pages clean. AT consignment. Shelved in Case 6. 1385135. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1955. First Edition. Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine titles stamped in green. Good with soiling and slight lean to binding; moderate edge wear with bumped corners; remnants of effaced former owner's name on front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket trimmed slightly short for the binding (an anomaly?), with fading to spine, light foxing, moderate edge wear; small tear to rear joint and damp stain to spine at verso.

London: Cresset Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Near fine with offsetting on the first page, touch of bumping and the spine gilt a touch dulled in very good or better price-clipped dustjacket sunned at the spine, small tears at the spine ends and a bit of general edgewear. A nice copy of this classic mystery, the first book in the Ripley series. Basis for the acclaimed 1960 René Clément film *Purple Noon* with Alain Delon, and the 1999 film by Anthony Minghella with Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Jude Law.

London: The Cresset Press, 1957. [Edgar-nominated Psychological Thriller] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 265 [3]. Recently re-bound in red full calf, with raised bands, and gilt titles and decoration to spine. Top edge gilt, others lightly trimmed, with marbled endpapers, and the original cloth spine bound in at rear. A hint of spotting to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive near leather binding. The first of five novels featuring the complex anti-hero Tom Ripley. Filmed in France under the title 'Plein Soleil' (Purple Noon) starring Alain Delon, and by Anthony Minghella, with Matt Damon in the lead role. Also the basis for the superb Amazon Prime noir series (2024) starring Andrew Scott.

New York: Hyperion Books, 1999. First edition of the screenplay of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John, with best wishes, Anthony Minghella." In near fine condition. Includes the complete screenplay for the film The Talented Mr. Ripley, written and directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Cate Blanchett.

New York: Hyperion, 1999. First Edition. Paperbound. Signed and inscribed by the author / screenwriter, Anthony Minghella: “For John, with best wishes, Anthony Minghella.” Includes the complete screenplay for the film The Talented Mr. Ripley, written and directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Cate Blanchett. With an introduction by Anthony Minghella. As new in printed wrappers. The darkly suspenseful story of a young man’s desperate longing to escape the bitter mediocrity of his life, transforming it by any means necessary into conforming to what he perceives as the glamourous life of a privileged and handsome playboy. The film received many Oscar nominations, including Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Anthony Minghella), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jude Law), Best Art Direction-Set De

London: The Folio Society, 2011. . First Folio Society edition, text follows that of the first editions, with minor emendations, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xi-269;279;269; pictorial silver hardcover in case, foil-lettered, colour frontispieces and plates; a fine set, in a near-fine silver-lettered dark grey slipcase.

(Chicago: Hess Newmark Owens Wolf, 1999. Softcover. Fine/Very Good. Press kit. Quarto. Illustrated cardstock folder holding the handbook of production information (stapled wrappers, 26pp.), the press release, and a printed paper envelope containing seven glossy black and white 8" x 10" captioned stills from the film. The contents are fine, the folder is near fine with modest wear and a bit of light sun on the spine. The film starts Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Cat Blanchett. Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith.

New York: Everyman's Library (Knopf), 1999. Owners signature on first free endpaper, else fine. Unread, pristine copy. In mylar. . First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Pan Books, 1960. 240pp. Pictorial card. 3 prices written on front cover, light damp mark to bottom corner, bookshop stamp on half-title page, even toning to page edges. Presents very nicely. . First UK Paperback. Paperback. Near Very Good. 8vo.

New York: The Library of America, 1997. Nice copy in burgundy cloth and sewn in bookmark. High quality paper. 892 pages. Five classic novels mot, if not all of which have been made into films. Issued without jacket in white slipcase. . First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket (In slipcase). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Miramax Books / Hyperion, 2000. "First Edition, First Printing". Trade Paperback. Fine/"As Issued, No Dustjacket". "In Wraps; covers are clean and flat and corners are square and flat; spine is uncreased; book interior is clean, bright, tight and unmarked; 8vo; 136 pages; cast of the motion picture listed at rear of book"

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Library of America, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Printing. The Jacket Has Light Surface Wear.

Library of America, 1997-08-31. hardcover. Like New. 5x1x8. Brand new slip cased first printing. No jacket as issued. Please email for photos.