The Outsiders [Inscribed]
HINTON, S.E. [Susan Eloise]
- Publisher: The Viking Press
- Date published: 1967
New York: The Viking Press, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); original pictorial library cloth boards; red topstain; dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-188,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Kelly - Stay Gold! S.E. Hinton." Tiny rubber-stamp at upper front endpaper reading "Dept. of School Libraries," hint of a forward lean, else bright and fresh, with the topstain unfaded; Near Fine. Dustjacket is clipped at upper front flap, with lower corner priced $3.77, and publisher's gold "Library Binding" sticker across base of spine and lower front panel; gentle sunning to spine and front panel, modest wear to extremities, two small bruises to rear panel, a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases, with a few faint, shallow dampstains to base of spine and lower front flap fold, causing some mild waviness to lower front panel; Very Good. Hinton's first book, written largely while she was still in high school, centered around the lives of two rival teenage gangs in mid-1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. A significant young adult novel, widely-read by middle school students (and widely-contested due to the contents). Basis for Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film of the same name, starring Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, and Diane Lane.
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