The Magic Christian

NY: Random House, 1960. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Southern on the red front free endpage. "For Pamela with love and best wishes, Terry." Tight. clean copy with small rub on the front board and tiny wrinkles on the spine ends; dustjacket with minor rubbing and toning, small chips on the spine ends, and a small chip on… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Southern to noted producer Si Litvinoff and his wife Toy on the front endpaper: "To Seymour and Toy with greatest admiration / Terry Southern." The two men collaborated on an unproduced version of "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), to be produced by Litvinoff and adapted for the screen by… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1960. The Magic Christian is a 1959 comic novel by American author Terry Southern about an odd billionaire Guy Grand who spends most of his time playing elaborate practical jokes on people. It is known for bringing Southern to the attention of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who had received a copy as a gift from Peter… Read more about this item

Andre Deutsch, London, 1969. First edition. 8vo, 153pp. A very good hardback copy in edgeworn dust jacket with general rubbing and creasing to lower edge of spine. Light offsetting and foxing to endpapers.. In creating Guy Grand, Mr Southern has created a superb weapon for attacking bigotry, pomposity, corruption and idiocy.

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned and soiled, tidemarks at the bottom edges. Black buckram with gilt lettering and a pink pig head on the front board. Square and firmly bound with a pink top stain, date stamped on the bottom edge,… Read more about this item

Peter Sellers, Raquel Welch, and Ringo Starr on front cover. Film blurb on front cover.

Grove Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Grove Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Grand Films, 1968. Complete set of vintage double weight color reference photographs from the 1968 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Penguin Books, 1969. slightly browning pages, slight rubbing to spine and cover. Soft Cover. Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Random House,, 1960. First US edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Joanne and George Scudder, with all best wishes, Terry Southern. 2.11.60." The book was first published in the UK the previous year. Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in gilt, decoration to front board pink, red… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1969, revised edition, first printing,. Very Good. 1969. Soft cover. 0140030816 paperback, 110pp, pages browned, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges slightly rubbed, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0140030816 .

New York: Random House [1960], 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 3-148, [2] pp. Black cloth with a pink decoration on the front board and gold lettering on the spine; pink topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Burke and Howe 600. Southern's second novel, a… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1960. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First US edition of the author's second book and source for the movie of the same name with Ringo Starr among other luminaries of the time. A near fine copy in very good unclipped jacket. With some typical sunning to spine colors.

London Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback. Reprint 1997, "uncorrected proof" for this publisher, titles were originally published 1959 and 1970. Two novels dos-a-dos (printed back-to-back). Softcover. Condition: near fine. -- SCARCE and unusual format; the novels were praised by Norman Mailer and Nelson Algren; Magic Christian was a basis for a movie starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.

Bantam Press Books, 1970. paperback / softback. vg++. Bantam film tie-in 1970 edition paperback vg++ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 148 pp. Very good in the original black boards and a good illustrated dust jacket that has been price-clipped, has a small tear on the upper front edge and smudging typical of white jackets.

CA: Commonwealth United, 1969. Tight, clean copy of this scarce Movie Pressbook that was originally sent to movie theater owners to help them promote the release of the upcoming film. Front panel in vivid pink. 28 pages (11" by 17") featuring articles, reviews, ads, and black & white reproductions of the selections of movie posters for the movie.… Read more about this item

Grove Press, 1996-06-11. Paperback. Good.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.