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FINNEY, Walter Braden “Jack” (1911-1995). The Body Snatchers. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955.
8vo. (Marginal toning as usual). Original red cloth; original dust jacket (restoration at edges of front panel and spine, 1 ½” spot of restoration to front panel partially affecting the first “S” in “Snatchers”). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this “chilling classic” (Barron). A memorable piece of paranoia about a secret invasion of alien parasites that has now been filmed four times including the 1956 version, Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy, the 1978 version directed by Philip Kaufman starring Donald Sutherland, the 1993 version (Body Snatchers) directed by Abel Ferrara starring Forest Whitaker, and the 2007 version (The Invasion) directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Barron, Horror Literature 4-116; Currey, p. 188; King list, p. 390; Winter list, p. 269; Anatomy of Wonder, II-401.
[With:] FINNEY. Time and Again. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Illustrated. Original black cloth; original dust jacket (light edgewear). FIRST EDITION of this well-regarded time travel novel.