TRUE LOVE”: FIRST EDITION OF THE PRINCESS BRIDE, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR GOLDMAN, William. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. The ‘good parts’ version. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973).

Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket. First edition of Goldman’s most popular book, inscribed by him: “8 Feb 83. Packet Tracer 5.0 Installer. William Goldman.” Goldman satirizes familiar fairy tale formula—“Fighting Revenge Beasts of All Natures and Descriptions”—in this book-within-a-book, a unique blend of slapstick comedy and wistful sentiment.

Goldman also wrote the popular 1987 screen adaptation directed by Rob Reiner. Fantasy and Horror 7-139.

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The Princess Bride Deluxe Edition HC. Android Emulator For Windows 8. Or that the movie took the best parts and the book would be mostly unsatisfying filler with the occasional recognizable humor.

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