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BENCHLEY, Peter (b. 1940). Jaws. Garden City: Doubleday, 1974.
8o. Original black cloth; dust jacket (minor edgewear); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BENCHLEY on the half-title: "for Phillis J - who brought me up- with gratitude & affection, from Peter B./74." Second state dust jacket, priced $6.95 and without shark image on front panel. The book was the basis for the classic Steven Spielberg movie of the same name, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
8o. Original black cloth; dust jacket (minor edgewear); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BENCHLEY on the half-title: "for Phillis J - who brought me up- with gratitude & affection, from Peter B./74." Second state dust jacket, priced $6.95 and without shark image on front panel. The book was the basis for the classic Steven Spielberg movie of the same name, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.