Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Cameron Crowe

Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1981

First printing of Crowe's debut novel and basis for the 1982 film of the same name. At the age of 22, Crowe came up with the idea to pose undercover as a high school student to observe and document the American teenager in its native habitat. Prior to the book's release, it was optioned as a film with Crowe writing the screenplay. The film, which had essentially no marketing, became a sleeper hit and helped to launch the careers of some of its previously unknown actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Anthony Edwards, Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker and Sean Penn. The first edition hardcover, particularly in this condition, has become increasingly scarce.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. Publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over beige cloth spine, lettered in blue; pp. 253. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square. Minimal shelfwear to boards, spine tips lightly softened. A hint of previous mylar offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean and fine. Appears unread. Jacket shows the slightest touch of shelfwear, protected in archival mylar. Seller Inventory # ABE-1772039623476

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition