Executioners by John Macdonald, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1958. 215 pgs. Signed by John D MacDonald on the title page. Book club edition. DJ has light shelf-wear present with some light scuff present to the crown of the DJ spine. Bound in black paper covered boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Sam Bowden has it all: a successful law career, a devoted wife, and three children. But a terrifying figure from Bowden's past looms in the shadows, waiting to shatter his pristine existence. Fourteen years ago, Bowden's testimony put Max Cady behind bars. Ever since, the convicted rapist has been nursing a grudge into an unrelenting passion for revenge. Cady has been counting the days until he is set free, desperate to destroy the man he blames for all his troubles. Now that time has come. E-006; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UNION OFFICE-(HB!) This regular size hardcover is SIGNED and inscribed by the author as follows: "To Mademoiselle Danae Chauvin: I find it fascinating that as a woman of Cajun heritage you find my books so enjoyable. Danae accept this tome. It is one of my best, if not earliest works. Sincerely, John D. MacDonald." The book is NEAR FINE with the slightest edgewear in a NEAR FINE DJ that also has light edgewear and spine fading. Book Club Edition. 191pp. Clean, bright pages. INSURANCE IS REQUIRED! red w/white lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First Edition. Presentation copy to the author's mother, SIGNED by MacDonald on the front endpaper. Publisher's "Compliments of the Author" card tipped in onto the front pastedown, with the name "Margie" (Margaret MacDonald's nickname) written in capital letters above the card. Basis for both versions of the film "Cape Fear": one made in 1962, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, and the 1991 remake by Martin Scorsese, starring Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, and Robert DeNiro. Near Fine in a vibrant, Near Fine dust jacket. Moderate fading to the book spine, and associated slight fading on the jacket spine, as well as some foxing on the jacket verso. Overall, one of the brightest copies of this scarce title we have seen. In a custom quarter-leather maroon clamshell box. The Dark Page II: 1959-1965, p. 130.