Traveling to Los Angeles for Christmas, Joe Leland, a veteran cop and former war hero, stumbles upon a sensational terrorist crime in progress and is forced to quickly make hard life or death decisions
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Traveling to Los Angeles for Christmas, Joe Leland, a veteran cop and former war hero, stumbles upon a sensational terrorist crime in progress and is forced to quickly make hard life or death decisions
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Librería: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
188 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: Alibris.0017837
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Librería: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete number line). SIGNED by author on a bookplate decal attached to half-title page (signature only). DJ clipped at bottom but not price clipped ($9.95 intact on top right). DJ has chip at spine top; mylar protected. Scarce 1st printing hardcover copy of book that was basis for the movie "Die Hard". Laid-in is a card SIGNED by ALAN RICKMAN (played 'Hans Gruber' in film---also laid-in is original New York Times obituary for Rickman); plus a laid-in B&W photo SIGNED by BRUCE WILLIS (played 'John McClaine). Also includes laid-in a card SIGNED by WILLIAM ALTHERTON (played Richard Thornburg Die Hard #1 & #2 films). Also includes laid-in a sheet SIGNED by STEVEN DE SOUZA (screenwriter for all 3 Die Hard films). Also laid-in is a card SIGNED by JOHN AMOS (played 'Maj. Grant' in Die Hard 2); another photo-card SIGNED by HART BOCHNER (played 'Harry Ellis'); and a B&W.photo SIGNED by ROBERT DAVI (played 'Big Johnson'. Laid-in is an album page SIGNED by KEVIN CHAMBERLAIN (played 'Charles Weiss' in Die Hard 2). Also comes with a DVD of original 'Die Hard' film. Unique signed copy for the Rod Thorpe-Die Hard fan or collector. No international orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Nº de ref. del artículo: 027941
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Librería: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Estado de la sobrecubierta: dj. First edition. First printing of Thorp's thriller, the tale of an off-duty policeman battling German terrorists in a Los Angeles office building ? and basis for the blockbuster holiday stalwart DIE HARD. Thorp's sequel to his 1966 novel THE DETECTIVE, continuing the gritty, noirish adventures of Joe Leland, played by Frank Sinatra in the 1968 adaptation of that first installment. In this sequel, set over a single 24-hour period in a single building, Thorp follows the traditional prescriptions for a dramatic tragedy, adhering to the unities of time, place, and action. Remarkably, obedience to the formal elements suggested by Aristotle and codified by 16th-century Italian dramatists is not the book's most enduring claim to fame: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER also had a film adaptation, in which Joe Leland was renamed John MacLane; and under that name, incarnated by Bruce Willis in DIE HARD, Thorp's character ascended to immortality in the pantheon of world-weary tough guys who have an excessively hard time during the holidays. Increasingly scarce. 8'' x 5.75''. Original half dark blue cloth with speckled red cloth boards. In original unclipped ($9.95) dust jacket, illustration by Charlie Geer. 188 pages. Minor edgwear, rubbing to jacket with some foxing on verso. Lower front flap corner clipped, but price intact (as common). Couple of small bumps to corners of book. Overall, bright and sound. Near fine in a very good jacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 55166
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Librería: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN 0393012492 . Hardback. Second printing of the First Edition with descending number line going down to #2 right below the First Edition statement on the copyright page. Book is same size and format as the First Edition. Book is in Very Good to Near Fine condition, a tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book, having been well protected by the dustjacket over the years. Dustjacket is in Very Good plus condition with slight edgewear. $ 9.95 original price is present and unclipped on front dustjacket flap. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. Basis for the movie Die-Hard . No Signature. Nº de ref. del artículo: 215174
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