Search Results: The Dark Command by W R Burnett

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1938) 396 pp. Original orange cloth covers, lightly soiled. Top of spine a bit frayed and small, shallow "nibble" (3/4" long) on top edge of rear board. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and short closed tears to edges. Light chipping to corners and spine ends. Old tape ghosts to top edge of front panel. Spine a bit sunned. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Good or Better/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Republic Pictures Corp, 1940. Novelty. 99 pages. 8-1/4 by 14 inch sheets bound with two brass round-head fasteners. Post-production continuity script for the 1940 film adaptation starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Walter Pidgeon. It was the only film in which the Western icons Wayne and Rogers appeared together. Based on Burnett's 1938 novel. Printed recto only in typescript. A very good copy. Bradbound. Top edges curled and snagged but not affecting text.

UsedGood. 1938, tipped in note. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper, mild tanning, mild shelf wear. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

London: William Heinemann, 1938. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated 1940 film directed by Raoul Walsh starring John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Claire Trevor; the only film in which Wayne and Rogers appear together, and the second of only two films on which Wayne and Walsh worked together after Walsh discovered Wayne as a 23 year-old prop man. A woman marries a seemingly peaceful Kansas schoolteacher only to find that he attacks both sides during the Civil War for his own profit. Very Good in trade size wrappers (softcover). Repair to an inch and a half-sized loss to the bottom right hand corner of the front wrapper, lightly wear and soil. Olive Films 661.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark gray cloth, rust titling/designs, red topstain. Small author's pamphlet "A Note on the Dark Command" laid in. Slight foxing to eps and text block edge else near fine. Original DJ in mylar has light soil/foxing, light edgewear. Price of $2.50 on flap. Sound binding, unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Bound in bright orange cloth, stamped in black, in dust jacket that has a scene from the Republic Picture with John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Walter Pidgeon on the front panel. Ownership name and address to front pastedown (completely hidden by front flap of dust jacket) and a later signature to top edge of front endpaper. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh who discovered John Wayne. 396 pp. One of the scarcer and more desirable "Photoplay Editions".. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First edition of this edition of Burnett's best-selling novel adapted into the popular Western of the same name which was nominated for two Academy Awards and stands as the only film where Western icons Wayne and Rogers appeared together. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the front free endpaper by John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, and Gabby Hayes and inscribed on the rear free endpaper by Gene Autry. Very good in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership name. With a note from the author laid in. A wonderful example of this classic work signed by five icons of American Westerns.