The Princess Bride by William Goldman [RARE SFBC HARDCOVER / 1973]

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The Princess Bride by William Goldman

RARE BOOK CLUB EDITION [1973] HARCOURT BRACE & CO. / SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB

Rare limited book club edition. Printed by The Science Fiction Book Club in the early 90's.

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.

Dust jacket is housed in protective mylar jacket. Overall in excellent condition with some edge wear on and around top of spine; one small sealed tear on back w. some surrounding creasing.

Book itself looks new and unread. Cover with gilded spine is pristine. Pages are still clean, white and unread.

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?

As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears. Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex. In short, it's about everything.