thomas ross writing oliver bleeck (9 résultats)

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. "What happens when a cautious-to-the-point-of-cowardice go-between gets emotional about a bunch of starving kids. Phil St. Ives is hired by a Washington musem to recover the invaluable "shield of Komporeen," which is a poetical hot potato." - Kirkus Reviews, 24 September, 1969. [Reference: Hubin, p. 79]. Spine a bit leaned, a very good copy a in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear and shallow chipping to spine ends, spine a bit age toned. (22528).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good Plus. First American Edition. First printing is clean, bright tight and square. Light crimping to spine ends which is common on this book. Jacket has long crease on front flap and minor soiling to rear panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Philip St. Ives novel. "[The Bleeck titles].are distinguished for their crisp dialogue, unusual backgrounds, and understated sense of irony." Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 65. [Reference: Hubin, p. 79]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends and corner tips. (22529).

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Philip St. Ives novel. "[The Bleeck titles].are distinguished for their crisp dialogue, unusual backgrounds, and understated sense of irony." Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 65. [Reference: Hubin, p. 79]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (5279).

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Philip St. Ives novel. [Reference: Hubin, p. 79]. A fine copy in an about fine dust jacket with some mild age toning to white jacket at spine and rear panel. (4827).

Octavo, hardcover. First edition. A Philip St. Ives novel. "[The Bleeck titles] . are distinguished for their crisp dialogue, unusual backgrounds, and understated sense of irony." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, p. 65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#83438).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Barely discernible damp stain at bottom edge of cloth at spine & cloth covers. Hardly noticeable from outside of jacket. Reverse stained at spine ends. Faint hint of a stain at top edge. ) Despite defects this title is remarkably attractive. The SECOND of the Bleeck novels.

Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives," here under the working title, "St. Ives' Big Score." Included are several unbound revision sheets, dated 10/11/75, on pink stock. Based on the 1972 crime novel, "The Procane Chronicle," by Ross Thomas (writing as Oliver Bleeck). The first of no fewer than ten films director J. Lee Thompson would make with badass Charles Bronson, and ironically, one of the last with a major studio behind it. The pair would go on to make taut, violent potboilers such as "10 to Midnight" (1983), "The Evil That Men Do" (1984), and "Murphy's Law" (1986). Raymond St. Ives (Bronson) is a novelist drawn back into the world of his former profession of crime reporting by wealthy Abner Procane (Houseman). St. Ives is hired to locate stolen documents with ties to the local mob. Janet Whistler (Bisset) is an associate of Procane's accompanying St. Ives, but her motives are vague. Features early supporting roles by Jeff Goldblum and Robert "Freddy" (Krueger) Englund. Set in Los Angeles, shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. Blue titled wrappers, with gilt titles. Title page present, dated September 29, 1975, noted as ST. IVES' BIG SCORE, with credits for actor Bronson, producers Pancho Kohner and Stan Canter, director Thompson, and screenwriter Beckerman. 116 leaves, with last page of text numbered 114, with 9 laid-in pink revision pages, dated 10/11/75. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy, The Gangster Film, p. 365.

First Edition. INSCRIBED by Ross Thomas as both authors on the front endpaper with this comment- "Oliver Bleeck (pronounced Blake)" Close to near fine in an about fine dj. (Top edge lightly foxed. Bottom corner tips mildly bumped. Trace ofwear to edges of boards) FIRST of the Oliver Bleeck novels. (B).