William Peter Blatty. THE EXORCIST. Harper & Row, 1971. 1st HC/DJ. Nice! Scarce

Description: Blatty, William Peter. THE EXORCIST. NY: Harper, 1971. 1st edition, 1st printing. With “FIRST EDITION” printed on the copyright page and the number line 71 72 73 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on page [344] (the last printed page), both of which indicate that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing. Also, the dust jacket is the correct 1st state with the photograph of William Peter Blatty holding a cup in his right hand on the rear panel of the dust jacket (later issue dust jackets show Blatty without a cup in his right hand). This is NOT a book-club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. Buyer beware: There were many later printings of THE EXORCIST that were published in this exact hardcover format and also in similar, but slightly different, formats. There was also a hardcover book club edition that resembles the trade edition. This is the real deal: the true 1st edition, 1st printing, in the correct 1st state dust jacket. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS DUST JACKET. William Peter Blatty was born in 1928 in New York City. He attended Brooklyn Preparatory, a Jesuit school, on scholarship at a time when Joe Paterno was the football team’s quarterback. He graduated as class valedictorian in 1946. He graduated from Georgetown University and went on to get his master’s degree in English Literature from The George Washington University. His thesis was “T.S. Eliot’s Shakespearean Criticisms.” He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he became head of the Policy Branch of the Psychological Warfare Division. His Air Force experience was part of his autobiography, WHICH WAY TO MECCA, JACK? To promote WHICH WAY TO MECCA, JACK?, Blatty was a contestant on the Groucho Marx quiz show “You Best Your Life,” winning $10,000, and that was enough to enable him to quit his job and write full time. In 1959, Blatty ghost-wrote “Dear Abby’s” (Abigail Van Buren’s) bestselling book DEAR TEENAGER, for which she was praised for her “matronly wit and wisdom.” During the 1960’s William Peter Blatty began his collaboration with director Blake Edwards, writing scripts for comedy films such as “A Shot In The Dark” (1964), “What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?” (1966), “Gunn” (1967), and “Darling Lili” (1970), a musical starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson. He was also involved in the screenplays for the films “The Man From The Diner’s Club” (1963), “Promise Her Anything” (1965), and “The Great Bank Robbery” (1969). Blatty published THE EXORCIST in 1971, garnering excellent reviews. In 1978, Blatty adapted his novel TWINKLE, TWINKLE, “KILLER” KANE! into the retitled THE NINTH CONFIGURATION. In 1980 Blatty wrote, directed, and produced a film version entitled “The Ninth Configuration”, which was a critical success, but was a commercial flop. It has since acquired a cult following. In 1981 it was nominated for three Golden Globe awards, among them Best Picture, and it won the Best Writing Award against competition that included “The Elephant Man,” “Ordinary People,” and “Ranging Bull.” William Peter Blatty is the author of such great and famous books as WHICH WAY TO MECCA, JACK?, JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME, I BILLY SHAKESPEARE!, THE EXORCIST (offered here), THE NINTH CONFIGURATION, LEGION, DEMONS FIVE EXORCISTS NOTHING: A FABLE, ELSEWHERE, and a number of others. Some of the awards and award nominations that William Peter Blatty has been honored with: 1963: JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME. The Knight of Mark Twain Award winner for Best Novel. 1971: THE EXORCIST. The Commonwealth Club Silver Medal winner for Literature. 1971: THE EXORCIST. Saturn Award winner for Best Novel. 1971: THE EXORCIST. The novel is #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List for 17 Weeks. 1971: THE EXORCIST. The novel is on the New York Times Bestseller List for 57 straight weeks. 1973: “The Exorcist.” Academy Award winner for Best Adapted Screenplay. 1973: “The Exorcist.” The People’s Choice Award for Oscars Award winner for Best Film. 1973: “The Exorcist.” Golden Globe Award winner for Best Picture. 1973: “The Exorcist.” Golden Globe Award winner for Best Screenplay. 1978: THE NINTH CONFIGURATION. Saturn Award winner for Best Novel. 1980: “The Ninth Configuration.” Golden Globe Award winner for Best Screenplay. 1998: William Peter Blatty is honored by being named a Bram Stoker Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. Clearly William Peter Blatty is one of the best, most famous, most important, and most collectible fiction authors of the 1960’s through the early 2000’s. Both the novel THE EXORCIST and the film “The Exorcist” are, along with JAWS and “Jaws” and ROSEMARY’S BABY and “Rosemary’s Baby”, are the three great horror novels and horror films of the 1970’s. From the dust jacket flap: “ . . . THE EXORCIST . . . by William Peter Blatty . . . The terror began so unobtrusively they might have forgotten all about it. Noises in Regan’s room, an odd smell, misplaced furniture, an icy chill. Small annoyances for which Chris MacNeil, Regan’s actress mother, easily found plausible explanations . . . The changes in eleven-year-old Regan were so gradual, too, that Chris, busy filming a new picture, did not recognize for some time how much her daughter’s behavior had altered. And even when she did, the endless medical tests that followed shed no light on Regan’s symptoms, which grew increasingly severe and frightening. It was almost as if a different personality had invaded the little girl. The very house thickened with the sense of an evil presence . . . Desperate, Chris turned from the doctors to Father Damien Karras, a Jesuit priest who was trained as a psychiatrist and had also a deep knowledge of such phenomena as satanism and possession. Was it possible that a demonic force was at large? If psychiatry could not help, might exorcism be the answer? . . Damien Karras resisted the idea. In its long history the Church has been profoundly skeptical of possession. But, finally, it came down to a matter of Regan’s life or death. And that meant the time had come for that solemn and implacable rite that binds exorcist and demon in literally mortal combat . . . No reader of this fantastic and deeply religious novel will come away untouched by the power of that ritual, or unaffected by those things in this world which cannot be explained by the most rational inquiry, the most informed skepticism . . . Was Regan possessed? . . . “ From the rear panel of the dust jacket: “ . . . William Peter Blatty was born in New York and educated at Jesuit schools and at Georgetown University. He now lives in Beverly Hills, California, has published four previous books, and is the author of numerous screenplays . . . “ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in detail. In other words, it is incumbent upon the SELLER to know what is and is not a 1st edition. Mistakes can be made (and corrected), of course, but if you DON'T KNOW, don't try to sell a book as a 1st edition. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: A VERY GOOD+ to NEAR FINE book in an outwardly VERY GOOD to VERY GOOD+ dust jacket. The book is tight and square in its burgundy quarter-cloth and burgundy boards binding with gilt lettering on the spine of the book. The book has the correct tan colored endpapers. There is no writing in the book; no bookplates; no remainder marks. There is no spine lean to the book, which is unusual. Due to the way copies of THE EXORCIST were produced, the book usually shows up with a spine lean and sometimes a severe spine lean. The lettering on the spine of book shows a touch of rubbing; basically unobtrusive. There is a hint of rubbing at the corners of thee book, but less than is usually encountered. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows the correct 1st issue price of $6.95 with the correct 1st issue photograph of William Peter Blatty with a coffee cup in his right hand. There are no chips or tears to the dust jacket. The dust jacket has undergone a small amount of color touch-up, mainly at the head and heel of the spine panel on both the reverse side of the dust jacket and on the outside of the dust jacket. There is some slight wrinkling at the upper edge of the spine panel of the dust jacket; largely unobtrusive. This is a much nicer and collectible copy of THE EXORCIST than is usually encountered. Usually this book shows up spine-leaned, well-read, worn and torn in a dust jacket (if there is a dust jacket) that is worn and torn and rubbed and chipped. This is a nice and much better than average copy of this book and dust jacket; not perfect, but a nice copy. Buyer beware: there are a number of copies of THE EXORCIST currently listed on EBAY as 1st editions that are not 1st editions; this is a correct 1st edition, 1st printing of THE EXORCIST. The great and famous dust jacket design by Frederick Cantor. There is a wonderful full-page contemporary photograph of William Peter Blatty holding a coffee cup on the rear panel of the dust jacket. A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT MODERN HORROR FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT BOOKS-MADE-INTO-FILMS 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF WILLIAM PETER BLATTY 1st EDITIONS! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am continuing to list some of my best books (especially science fiction, fantasy, and horror 1st editions) on EBAY not so much as auctions (due to the fact that EBAY charges quite a bit to list items for reserve auctions), but more along the lines of listing my “catalogue” of books that I have for sale. 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