Books – Novelisations
Before the advent of home video, even the scuzziest of films had a tie-in novelisation, since this was the only way in which the audience could ‘take the film home’ with them; these books barely exist in any real sense today (except for the biggest budget movies) and are now quite collectable. There are, once again, far too many of these for me to detail individual cases (condition, imprint, year, etc) so ask about specific books. A low price may be indicative of a below-average condition book, but this will not necessarily be so (likewise, a high price may indicate rarity or desirability rather than mint condition). Discounts may well be given for bulk buys. Please add 50p for UK postage per book (rest of the world by arrangement). Please note that some of these books were novels before they were films, but not many.

CLASH OF THE TITANS Alan Dean Foster £1.75
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL Ira Levin £1.25
SCANNERS II THE NEW ORDER Professor Janus Kimball £2
DEAD RINGERS Bari Wood / Jack Geasland £2
2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY Arthur C. Clarke 75p
BLOODY MAMA Robert Thom £3.50
DEMON SEED Dean R. Koontz £2
DIRTY DOZEN E. M. Nathanson £1.25
DIRTY HARRY Phillip Rock £2.50
ELEPHANT MAN Christine Sparks (with shots from the film) £2
THE FUNHOUSE Owen West £1.50
INSEMINOID Larry Miller £2
MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Walter Tevis £1.50
PLAY MISTY FOR ME Paul J .Gilette £2.25
PSYCHO II Robert Bloch £1
ROLLERBALL William Harrison £1.50
THE SENTINEL Jeffrey Konvitz £2
SQUIRM Richard Curtis (no, not that Richard Curtis…) £2.25
THE SWARM Arthur Herzog (2 copies – vgc £1.50, bit tatty 75p)
STRAW DOGS Gordon M. Williams £1.50
TERMINAL MAN Michael Crighton £1
TIME BANDITS Charles Alverson £1.75
WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS Paul Victor £1
THE WARRIORS Sol Yurick £1.75
Rarities
Prices exclude postage.
DAWN OF THE DEAD George Romero / Susannah Sparrow (UK edition,
rare) £12 (vgc) / £7.50 (some creasing on spine and covers) / £4 (creasing on spine and covers, slight discolouration)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (US edition, first printing, vgc, super-rare) £17.50
DEAD AND BURIED Chelsea Quinn Yarboro (some creasing on
spine and covers) £2.50
PRINCE OR CLOWN Maurice Dekobra / A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS Roy Horniman (these two hardbacks are on ‘The Reader’s Library Film Edition’, from – at a guess – sometime in the 1930s or 40s. They are illustrated with stills from the film and represent two of the earliest novelisations. However, the dustjackets are somewhat damaged, hence the prices) £3.25 each or £6 the pair
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD John Russo (another odd situation. I have two copies of this book. Both have the same title and are written by the same man – but they are two different novels. One was written in 1979 just before the release of ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ and the other is the expected novelisation of Russo’s 1985 movie. What gives?) £5 each or £8 the pair
VIDEODROME Jack Martin (aka Dennis Etchison – rare and sought-after paperback based on Cronenberg’s unique masterpiece. As new) £4

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