Jaws: A Novel [First Edition]

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Stated First Edition at copyright. Code O44 (044) at page 311 indicating true first printing in first state wrapper with 6.95 at top corner and J. above this. 1974 at title page and copyright page. Full black cloth boards, moderate shelf wear, rub. Silver spine titles feature shark vignette as would appear through a hull's porthole window. Deckled pages generally very good without writing. Deep blue endpapers; some ripple to back pastedown, endpaper. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper in deep dark bluish-black, moderate shelf wear, rub, spine toning; unclipped 6.95, protected in fine clear sleeve. Classic cover art by Paul Bacon of swimmer in bikini above phallic great white image appearing enormously from bottom of image; bold cover and spine titles in red and white over black b.g. Back panel features portrait by Alex Gotfryd of Benchley in turtle neck and sport coat. Rare near very good true first edition in same wrapper. It was just another day in a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach... A summer of terror began! "Pick up 'Jaws' before midnight, read the first five pages, and I guarantee you'll be putting it down breathless and stunned, as dawn is breaking the next day" - Daily Express. Peter Benchley's 'Jaws' first appeared in 1974, creating a legend that refuses to die. For each generation, the ultimate nightmare begins again... Printed in the U.S.A. 311 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.