MGM/ ALICE FAYE SCREEN WRITER NIVEN BUSCH-SIGNED HB 1ST

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" With action moving from fast track Silicon Vallly to a Moroccan prison cell, form secret war games in the California dessert to sexual espionage in the nation's capital, THE TITAN GAME tells the story of  a young man brought up in the weapon business- and discusted with it- who is suddenly forced to a world he never made. JASON STECK ingerits his father's defense procurement empire and is swiftly drawn onto turf staked out for profit by international merchants whose currency is finding new ways to kill..."

  " The rules of THE TITAN GAME are as deadly as gas and as devious as fog; among them: torturers can become esteemed customers; by standers are sledom innocent; and your best work can betray you."

         Up for auction is a 1989 Random House first editon of THE TITAN GAME- 253 pages by Screen-writer NIVEN BUSCH . This copy has been dedicated to Robert and is signed "with all good wishes" by it's author- NIVEN BUSCH. Inside pages are in mint condition. Book structure is excellent conditon with only minor frame and edge wear. Dust jacket is also excellant with only light surface marks.Niven Busch was a fascinating man with many ventures in life. This is a unique collectors item from a one of a kind author/screen-writer/journalist. Good luck and please check out my other auctions.  

   ABOUT THE AUTHOR- In additon to the film credits listed below,NIVEN BUSCH was also a contributing journalist to TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES and others as well as the author of 20 + books.  

 Niven Busch
(1903 - 1991)
Biography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia

Born in New York City. An associate editor of Time magazine and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, he went to Hollywood in the early 30s and became a screenwriter for various studios. Although he wrote original stories and screenplays for films of varied genres, he gained a reputation mostly for his Westerns, into which he often introduced psychoneurotic elements. His novel Duel in the Sun (1944) provided the story basis for the large-scale Selznick-Vidor film of that name (1947). Notable screen writing credits (alone or in collaboration) include BABBITT (1934), IN OLD CHICAGO (1937), THE ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES (1939), THE WESTERNER (1940), BELLE STARR (1941), THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946), PURSUED (1947), THE CAPTURE and THE FURIES (both 1950, both novels), DISTANT DRUMS (1951), THE MAN FROM THE ALAMO and THE MOONLIGHTER (both 1953) and THE TREASURE OF PANCHO VILLA (1955). In the 70s, he was teaching and lecturing on film at various California universities and in the mid-80s became a teaching fellow at Princeton. He played a bit part in the film THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (1988). Formerly (1942-52) married to actress Teresa Wright.    Nominated for Writing (Original Story) 1937: IN OLD CHICAGO 1 nomination