The Outsiders.

HINTON, S.E.

Item Number: 1284

New York: Viking, 1967.

First edition of the author’s first book published when she was only seventeen years of age. Octavo, original black cloth with title gilt spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket that shows only light wear. Inscribed by the author, “Stay Gold S.E. Hinton”. Basis for the acclaimed Francis Ford Coppola film starring Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe and Diane Lane. A very nice copy of an uncommon book.

Published when she was only 18, Susan Eloise Hinton’s first book was praised as "an impressive performance a book alive with the fresh dialogue of her contemporaries" (New York Times). It was the basis of the acclaimed Francis Ford Coppola film, starring Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe and Diane Lane.