New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set in London, in an England on the cusp of social change, the story of a young woman who finds herself pregnant, kicked out of the house by her father, who finds shelter in a top floor apartment - the L shaped room - in a seedy Fulham building. Basis for the film of the same name. 320 pp.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Benioff's first book, the story of the last night of freedom for Monty Brogan before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Basis for the Spike Lee film starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox, and Anna Paquin. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-340822287.

New York: Doubleday, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The runaway bestseller, basis for the movie of the same name. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-385-504209.

New York: Doubleday, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The runaway bestseller, basis for the movie of the same name. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To -- with my best wishes" and dated March 25, 2003 - the month of publication. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-385-504209.

Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1996. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by two authors: by Ron Carlson at his story "Keith" - basis for the award-winning film of the same name - and by Houston at his story "Faith." A retrospective collection of works read by participants at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference over the past 12 years - included are prose, poetry and essays by the authors shown above and by others including Richard Ford, Tess Gallager, Carolyn Forche, John Barth, John Edgar Wideman, Tobias Wolff, Robert Stone, Jeanne Houston, Maxine Kumin, George Garrett, Robert Olen Butler, Ray Bradbury and more. A wonderful anthology which includes previously unpublished essays on the reading and writing process. 348 pgs, a slightly oversized format. ISBN: 0-87905-8161.

Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1996. First edition - A retrospective collection of works read by participants at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference over the past 12 years - included are prose, poetry and essays by the authors shown above and by others including Richard Ford, Tess Gallager, Carolyn Forche, John Barth, John Edgar Wideman, Tobias Wolff, Robert Stone, Jeanne Houston, Maxine Kumin, George Garrett, Robert Olen Butler, Ray Bradbury and more. A wonderful anthology which includes previously unpublished essays on the reading and writing process. 348 pgs, a slightly oversized format. ISBN: 0-87905-8161.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976 dj. Hardcover - Crichton's fifth book - described as a "diversion" this is a first-person account, by the "cultivated, cautious, clever tenth-century Arab diplomat Ibn Fadlan of his expedition to the wild barrens of the Norsemen - and his encounter there with the dreaded 'eaters of the dead'." Basis for the movie "The 13th Warrior" starring Antonio Banderas.Appendix, sources. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-394494008.

New York: Morrow, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, the basis for the very funny movie of the same name.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1930. Hardcover first edition - Novel which begins with the Oklahoma land rush - on the Cherokee strip - in 1893.Twice adapted for the movies (in 1931 and again in 1960.) 388 pp Illustrated endpapers.

New York: Morrow, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a legal thriller and basis for the 2002 film of the same name, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. SIGNED on the title page. and uncommon thus. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-688-149626.

New York: The Viking Press, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an international thriller, basis for the film of the same name - "The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.. . And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal." Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. 380 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-670259365.

New York: Warner, 1995. First edition - The second mystery by the author of "The Caveman's Valentine," basis for the movie of the same name. 420 pp.

New York: Warner, 1995. First edition - The second mystery by the author of "The Caveman's Valentine," basis for the movie of the same name. 420 pp.

New York: Dutton, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel, both an enormous best seller and the basis of the very popular movie of the same name. SIGNED (in green) by the author on a blank preliminary page. 313 pp. ISBN: 978-0525478812.

New York: Henry Holt, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in postwar Berlin, from 1945 to 1955, as one war ends - and another, the Cold War, begins. A book set in a city physcially and morally devasted, a novel which is a murder mystery, spy thriller, and historical novel. Basis for the 2006 Oscar nominated film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 482 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-805064222.

New York: Atheneum, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, which introduced psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. Winner of the Edgar and Anthony awards for best first novel. Basis for the movie of the same name. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-689-115199.

New York: Arbor House, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - One shot is all it takes - that is the kill shot. A veteran assassin and his dangerous partner pursue a couple who stumbled upon an extortion scheme. Basis for the movie of the same name starring Mickey Rourke. 287 pp. ISBN: 1-557-100411.

New York: Arbor House, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One shot is all it takes - that is the kill shot. A veteran assassin and his dangerous partner pursue a couple who stumbled upon an extortion scheme. SIGNED on title page and dated 4-29-89, in the year of publication. Basis for the movie of the same name starring Mickey Rourke. 287 pp. ISBN: 1-557-100411.

New York: Modern Library, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mailer's first novel, originally published in 1948, and a book which almost immediately became a classic, and is considered one of the great war novels. It was based in part on his experiences with the 112th Cavalry Regiment during the Philippines Campaign in World War II. Basis for a 1958 film of the same title. Issued in 1961 as #321 in the Modern Library series. In the Toledano 8 binding of gray cloth with gold lettering on green block on front board and spine. Map frontispiece. 791 pp. Gray and white Kent end papers. Reverse side of jacket lists 403 titles.

Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1996. SIGNED first edition - A retrospective collection of works read by participants at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference over the past 12 years - included are prose, poetry and essays by the authors shown above and by others including Richard Ford, Tess Gallager, Carolyn Forche, John Barth, John Edgar Wideman, Tobias Wolff, Robert Stone, Jeanne Houston, Maxine Kumin, George Garrett, Robert Olen Butler, Ray Bradbury and more. A wonderful anthology which includes previously unpublished essays on the reading and writing process. 348 pgs, a slightly oversized format. ISBN: 0-87905-8161.

New York: The Century Company, 1920. Hardcover - Southern author's first novel, the story of a priest in a small and poor South Carolina town, who takes in the notorious safe-cracker Slippy McGee after he barely survives the loss of his leg from a train accident. Basis for two films, in 1923 and again in 1948. 405 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1952) dj. Hardcover - A Peter Duluth mystery, and the last novel written in collaboration by Wheeler and Webb. Basis for the film starring Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney and George Raft. 186 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's second novel. Trapped in the Mexican jungle on the Yucatan Peninsula, two young American couples and tourists they had befriended from Germany and Greece stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could imagine, and a lighthearted vacation becomes a struggle for survival. Basis for the film of the same name. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Stephen King and Gillian Flynn, among others. 319 pp. ISBN: 1-400043875.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed and in-depth account of the 69 day ordeal of these 33 miners by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist. 309 pp. ISBN: 978-0374280604.

New York: Ecco Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book, a powerful collection of five short stories and the title novella, by Boyd, whose years of experience as a 'cut-man' (the one who staunches the blood flow and allows fights to continue), gives these stories a sometimes heart-breaking authenticity. One of the stories - 'Million $$$ Baby' - was the basis for the 2004 Academy-award winning film, produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Hilary Swank. 235 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0198206.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - An extraordinary first novel, the story of a boy - and later a man's - obsession with flight, an obsession that both liberates him and drives him to madness. Winner of the National Book Award. Basis for the film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 310 pp. Dust jacket by Fred Marcellino. ISBN: 0-394-425693.

New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1941) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller, originally published in the UK in 1933, which creates an atmosphere of growing terror and suspense. A young girl, who has not been able to speak since childhood, has taken a position as a "lady help" in a remote mansion and finds herself threatened by a killer who has a penchant for strangling handicapped young women. Basis for several films including the classic 1946 RKO suspense movie, THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, and Elsa Lanchester. 319 pp.