Original jaws book cover

The original artwork for jaws, used for both the cover of the peter benchley book and the steven spielberg film, which came out 40 years ago this summer, has vanished, says artist roger kastel. Use the prefilled links below to find the market value of jaws. Remember that the dust jacket is an important part of any book, and so books without. Its the true story of jaws, a lost treasure of history literally buried beneath the waves. Fecks painting, which is a direct salute to the original roger kastel paperback cover of peter benchleys novel jaws, is now part of our nations entertainment legacy. The revenge covers, but i pulled together a few of the more interesting ones.

According to an article by the new york post, the original painting of the jaws cover was created by artist roger kastel. I retrieved it in 2001, while living in new jersey, and told the story in my nonfiction book close to. Not a ton of variation out there for jaws 2 or jaws. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at.

How mondo recreated the original, stolen jaws painting. Steven spielbergs jaws 45th anniversary 4k bluray coming. Shirley tuckers original 1966 cover of the bell jar is the most iconic, and the coolest of all the covers for this classic. Jaws cover of the first hardcover edition, illustrated by paul bacon authorpeter benchley cover artistpaul bacon roger kastel countryunited states languageenglish genrethriller publisherdoubleday bantam publication date february 1974 pages278 lc classps3552. The story is fleshed out without any over expostion.

Peter benchley began his career as a novelist in 1974 with the publication of jaws, which was made into a hugely successful film. Jaws book as used by chief martin brody roy scheider original. The shark at the covers bottom is little more than a white wedge, like a thumb with a frown carved in it. Heres a roundup of strange facts about jaws, which opened on june 20. Jaws 2 was a better as a book sequel to the original movie. The original hardcover for jaws has a familiar layout, but couldnt feel more different. Like warners exorcist of years ago, universals jaws reeks of the sweet smell of success. How the famous poster from jaws was created and lost. The original artwork for jaws, used for both the cover of the peter benchley book and the steven. The novel grew out of benchleys interest in shark attac. The famous peter benchley book cover with a swimmer innocently paddling above a giant shark. The original jaws poster is getting the limited edition version it.

Its one of the most iconic images in film history and no one knows where it is. Photographer recreates jaws movie poster with great white. This is a first edition book 1974 on title page and page, book has 311 clean, tight, bright and unmarked pages, the book covers shoe some wear, spine has some sun fading, lettering still prominent, black cloth covers, no jacket, prev. Jaws released in theaters on this day in 1975, jaws, a film directed by steven spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opens in theaters.

His other books include the deep, the island, the girl of the sea of cortez, q clearance, rummies, beast, white shark, and shark trouble. Based on peter benchleys bestselling novel, steven spielbergs 1975 shark saga set the standard for the new hollywood popcorn blockbuster while frightening millions of. Kastel was in the offices of publisher bantam in 1974 when boss oscar dystel handed him a copy of the thriller. E537 jaws is a 1974 novel by american writer peter benchley. Heres a roundup of strange facts about jaws, which opened on june 20, 1975, and became the first summer blockbuster. Jaws reel cover, jaws spinning reel pouch for shimano, daiwa, penn, okuma 3 pieces reel cover combo. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. I wanted this to be timed with shark week but it didnt turn out that way so i figured, every week is shark week.