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BALL, John (1911-1988). In the Heat of the Night. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1965].
8vo. Original black cloth-backed boards, front board and spine stamped in silver (boards soiled, rubbed, spine bumped at foot, some occasional foxing in text); original dust jacket (spine bumped at edges, some rubbing, light wear, soiling).
FIRST EDITION. This novel won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was the basis of the 1967 noir film starring Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs and Rod Steiger as Gillespie and directed by Norman Jewison. This film was nominated for several Academy Awards and won for Best Picture, Best Actor (for Rod Steiger), Best Screenplay based on material from another source, Best Editing and more.