The Outsiders

New York: Viking (1967). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 188 pp. Original black cloth covered boards, stamped in red, in original unclipped ($3.95) dust-jacket. Moderate edge wear, particular to spine ends, corners; small closed tears to top edges; flap folds, rear top edge. Mild rubbing, wrinkling from handling. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm; mild edge, handling wear. Ghosting to ffep and front pastedown from previous paper insert. Light rubbing to spine title. Trace toning to edges, pages. Top stain still mostly bright. Signed by the author to the title page.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Very Good

“The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton started writing the novel when she was 15 and wrote the bulk of it when she was 16 and a junior in high school. Hinton was 18 when the book was published. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-class "Socs". The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. The story in the book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1965, but this is never explicitly stated in the book. A film adaptation was produced in 1983 by Francis Ford Coppola, and a short-lived television series appeared in 1990, picking up where the movie left off. A dramatic stage adaptation was written by Christopher Sergel and published in 1990. A stage musical adaptation with a libretto by Adam Rapp and songs by Jamestown Revival is currently in the works as of 2022.