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Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- ISBN 13
- 9780671504205
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 1985 Simon & Schuster Classic and TRUE 1st Edition/1st Printing with a full number line. It won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. It is ***SIGNED*** by the author on a book plate and is located on the first S&S logo page with the following official printed dedication: Celebrating the Visit of The Marie Robert Fischer Distinguished Professor 1997 MR. LARRY MCMURTRY University Honors Program University of North Texas Condition: A VeryGood/VeryGood copy. The HB is very strong and tight with just a slight vertical dent along the spine end common to a book this thick. The price unclipped DJ is nearly intact. The error on page 621, 8th paragraph, line 16 is present, as in "he had none nothing," instead of "he had done nothing." Adapted by the author and William D. Wittliff for the 1989 classic 8-episode TV series. Directed by Simon Wincer, starring Robert Duvall as Gus Crane, Tommy Lee Jones as Call, Danny Glover as Deets, Diane Lane as Loren, plus an all-star supporting cast. A multiple award winner with 7 Emmys for casting, directing, makeup, music, costume, editing and sound mixing. Other awards: 1990 Peabody Award. Golden Globe for Best Miniseries and for actor Robert Duvall. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.**
Synopsis
An epic story of two retired Texas Rangers on a cattle drive to Montana that is loosely basedon historic events from the 19th century, the original Lonesome Dove story was written to be a screenplay called "The Streets of Laredo.” The 1970s film was to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring John Wayne, James Stewart, and Henry Fonda. However, due to casting issues, the movie was abandoned. Larry McMurtry later turned the Lonesome Dove script into a full-length Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The novel was later re-adapted to a four-part television miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Robert Urich.
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Reviews
On Aug 25 2009, Poetmaker said:
I am 64 years old and have read many books, but this novel takes the cow pie cake--so to speak. I could not put it down--it has consumed my days and nights with the most outstanding writing I have ever read. I almost wanted to scratch the palces he was describing--I felt the rope on my neck--the bug bites--smelled the smells the cowboys smelled--was happy when they were happy and ever so sad when the main characters were either killed or had to make a major decision.
A must read for everyone who says the love to read. This is a novel one must take on their trip to Mars or down an isolated jungle trip. It will keep you company better than anything else you could take with you.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bren-Books.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010420
- Title
- Lonesome Dove
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- ISBN 13
- 9780671504205
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 843
- Size
- 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall
- Keywords
- Fiction, Western, Epic, Guss and Call, Saga, Book Into Film, Book into TV Series, Pulitzer Prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction; Pulitzer Prize; Book into TV; Western Fiction;
- X weight
- 2.69 lb
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About Bren-Books.com
Bren-Books.Com specializes in first edition books specializing in Classic fiction, books made into films and mysteries. We also carry many SIGNED books both in fiction & non-fiction.
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