Fast Times by Cameron Crowe (28 results)

8vo Softcover. Condition: Acceptable. 2nd Printing. 253p. First trade paperback edition, second printing. Text is unmarked. Glossy wraps are toned with gently bumped corners, some light chipping and bumped extremities. Scraped patch on front panel and strip of sunning present, as pictured. Binding is cracked down center, but remains intact with secure hinges. Faint insect damage on side of text-block. Spine is mildly creased. Minor discoloration on bottom of text-block, but it does not appear to be a stain. Please note - factory book cut on covers was sliced too short and the price is obscured for that reason. Still, a good reading copy.

Condition: Good. Wraps are firm, text block clean, without highlights/underlining or markings. Some rubbing/curling to wraps, mild tanning, spine is a little loose. Solid clean example. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.

Perfect Binding, 253 pages. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. First Edition. Rare. Soling to covers and to text block. Minor signs of reading, handling and shelf wear to covers. Bing glue visible on front inlay page with a soft opening of the front cover rather than crisp. Binding is tight. Light scuffing and rubbing to covers.

Condition: Good. Book may have little to no writing and/or underlining inside, and is in overall good condition. Cover may have some cosmetic wear. Fast shipping!

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition, trade paperback issued simultaneous with the hardcover. Just about fine, with no creases on the spine. A youthful Crowe, then 22, went back to high school and made this report. Crowe also wrote the screenplay for the popular and funny movie directed by Amy Heckerling, the film debut of Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz, Forest Whitaker, and Anthony Edwards. First book by the Academy Award-winning writer and director of such films as *Jerry McGuire* and *Almost Famous*.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Covers show slight wear and scuffing. All pages intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.77.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: Very Good. /"FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH"/FIRST REVISION DRAFT 10/1981/SCREENPLAY BY CAMERON CROWE/PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS/.

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. /1981 1ST DRAFT/ THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS/.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [7], 9-253, [3] pp. Quarter beige cloth over blue paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $14.95 on the the front flap of the dust jacket. Crowe, a writer for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s, famously posed as a high school student in order to write this, his first book. Basis for the popular film of the same name. A very attractive copy. Minor wear to the boards' edges; jacket has a tiny discolored spot on its front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. 253 pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE. There is some discoloration to the boards. The first book by the film director and producer, stories based on his experiences when he enrolled in a Redondo Beach, California high school at age 22 to observe contemporary teen life. Basis for the popular film.

Hardcover. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards in the first issue dustwrapper. Author's first book, made into a popular film with the screenplay also written by Crowe and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Forest Whitaker. Slight soiling to topped bulked text edge. About Fine in a Fine, bright white dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition.

Original 122 page first draft screenplay with color rewrite pages, dated September 9, 1981, for the modern comedy classic film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High [here, entitled simply Fast Times], directed by Amy Heckerling, written by Cameron Crowe (from his book), and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, and Ray Walston. Bradbound. About fine copy with a trace of use in printed studio wrappers. The story of a group of California high school students, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli (Penn), a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand (Walston), who is convinced that everyone is on dope.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A FLAWLESS 1st edition, 1st printing, SIGNED BY CAMERON CROWE. 1981 Simon and Schuster. NY. 253 pages. 8vo. Copyright page has full numberline 1-10. 1st issue dj with $14.95 price intact. Book and DJ are FINE. Signed and dated by Cameron Crowe. Signed on title page: Happy Holiday.Cameron Crowe. Not inscribed to anyone. Photos of event and signing will be included with this book. There is not a nicer signed copy to be found. Spectacular! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. 1st edition, 1st printing, SIGNED BY CAMERON CROWE. 1981 Simon and Schuster. 253 pages. NY. Copyright page has full numberline 1-10. 1st issue dj with $14.95 price intact. Signed and dated by Cameron Crowe. Signed on title page: Here's to you.Cameron Crowe. Not inscribed to anyone. Photos of event and signing will be included with this book. DJ is bright and attractive. Interior dj flap has a crease. 1mm of page edges near smythe sewing is less smooth than rest of page edge. There are a few very small smudges along edge of DJ rear. I have not tried to remove them because they are fairly minor however they look like they may be able to be removed with a little care. Most minor toning along blue cloth edge. Again, barely noticeable. Page 104 & 105 have the slightest wrinkle at top of page. On side page deck, there are 2 faint, small translucent marks to edges where the page edge may have been scratched. Once again, barely noticeable. These flaws are over-stated. This is a very nice, attractive, well-cared for copy. Signed by Author(s).

Vintage reference photograph of director Amy Heckerling and actor Judge Reinhold from the set of the 1982 film. Based on the 1981 book "Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story" by Cameron Crowe. Filmed in five weeks, Heckerling's adaptation of Crowe's autobiographical account of high school life not only jump-started the careers of over half a dozen actors who would become major stars, it is also one of the finest films of a well-loved and disreputable genre, funny and still quite fresh today. Shot on location in Los Angeles, Inglewood, and Santa Monica, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1075.

Simon and Schuster, 1981. First paperback edition. Good condition with damp staining to edges.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. One sheet film poster. Measuring 27" x 41". Folded as issued. Slight rubbing at the creases, else about fine. A poster for the 1982 cult coming of age film directed by Amy Heckerling, adapted by Cameron Crowe from his own novel and featuring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forrest Whitaker, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, and the film debut of Nicholas Cage.