The Exorcist
New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
First edition. (First printing with complete number line at rear.) Signed by William Peter Blatty on the front free endpaper, inscribed in the year of publication "To Nancy- With all my best, + the hope you'll avoid Princess phones! Bill Blatty May 28, 1971." [viii,] 340, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's original glazed red maroon cloth boards over maroon spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine, slightly rubbed, spine lean, slight age toning to contents in a Very Good dust jacket, vertical crease to spine panel, light wear to head and tail, alittle rubbed, unclipped ($6.95). The horror novel that inspired the smash hit 1973 film by William Friedkin, and brought demonic possession and exorcism into the popular mind during the paranormal-obsessed '70s.
Price: $2,300.00