Bantam Books, NY/London/Toronto, 1981 (copyright). PPB, Bantam Books
# 14914-8. 1st Edition, 1st printing. # Line 1-10, published July, 1981. Basis for the John Carpenter/Nick Castle screenplay, starring Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Issac Hayes & Adrienne Barbeau.
Faults: Minor edge-wear, top & bottom, corners; Minor dog-ear at bottom of back cover; End-papers have yellowed with age; Minor vertical crease down the spine; Minor wear/rubs, in places.
Merits: Yellow page-edges, all around; Covers are still bright & shiny; Internal pages still crisp & unmarked; Tightly bound, square & true. Publisher's original price of $2.50, top of spine & along front gutter. Kurt Russell with an eye-patch is on both covers. 181 pages + Author's Bio & 3 pgs of ads.
Rare paperback edition of the classic SF novel.
