Leaving Las Vegas

Wichita: Watermark (1990). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 189 pp. Original black cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($19.50) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, with trace foxing to panel edges, some soiling evident to verso, creases to flaps. Handling and shelf wear present. Protected in archival mylar. Book is moderately tight, square and firm. Handling wear present. Corners mostly quite sharp, edges with trace fade and some soiling present to top panel panel and spine ends. Toning to page edges with light foxing. Light curling to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked. Signed by the author in blue pen on the half-title page, dated and dedicated to a friend. Presentation copy.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“Leaving Las Vegas is a semi-autobiographical 1990 novel by John O'Brien. The novel was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one. O'Brien died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound within weeks of signing away the film rights to the novel.”