The Outsiders.

HINTON, S.E.

Item Number: 134109

New York: The Viking Press, 1967.

First edition, second printing of the author’s classic first book, published the same year. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, “To Mike Gates- Best wishes, Susie Hinton.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard M. Powers.

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.