A Clockwork Orange first edition inscribed and signed by author Anthony Burgess to film producer Si Litvinoff....

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A Clockwork Orange first edition inscribed and signed by author Anthony Burgess to film producer Si Litvinoff. (London: William Heinemann, 1962) First Edition 196-page hardbound 8 x 5.4 in. book with original dust jacket (price clipped in lower right flap). Copy inscribed by Burgess to Si Litvinoff, the single most important catalyst in the transition of Burgess' masterpiece from the literary world to the screen. Litvinoff handled Burgess' little-known attempt at a screenplay adaptation in 1965. After Burgess dropped out, Litvinoff purchased the option for the film rights for $1000, and shepherded filmmaking attempts by several other screenwriters, directors, and actors - including Terry Southern, Nicholas Roeg, and Mick Jagger - until Stanley Kubrick ultimately wrote and directed the now-legendary 1971 film adaptation. With Litvinoff's handwritten name in blue ink on the front endpaper, and inscribed to him by Burgess on the title page: "To dear Si / with much affection / John / Anthony." Light toning and minor soiling to dust jacket and some foxing to head. In vintage very good to fine condition.

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