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Signed copy of ''Jaws'', Doubleday & Co.: Garden City, NY: 1974. Book is signed on the half-title page by four key men: (1) its author ''Peter Benchley'', who adds a hand-drawn sketch of a shark's face in profile above his signature, (2) by the classic film's director ''Steven Spielberg'', (3) by actor Richard Dreyfuss, ''R Dreyfuss'', and (4) inscribed, '''You're gonna need a bigger boat!' Roy Schneider''. Accompanied by a fifth signature on a separate slip, ''Robert Shaw'', who played shark hunter Quint. Book, from which the film was adapted, runs 311pp. Bound in black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Measures 6'' x 8.5''. Cocking to spine, rubbing to corners and a shallow dent to the front board at top edge, else near fine. Signed slip measures 6.25'' x 4''. Punch holes and small tear with Shaw's name and ''actor'' written to verso, else near fine.
''Jaws'' Book Signed by Its Author Peter Benchley & VIPs of The Classic Film -- Steven Spielberg, Roy Schneider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw -- With Benchley's Shark Sketch
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