Lonesome Dove (Inscribed First Edition) by McMurtry, Larry - 1985

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book in a Near Fine dust jacket that is toned along the spine and at the edges of the jacket, otherwise in excellent condition. Inscribed by the author, "For Stan Onstead Larry McMurtry." McMurtry's classic Western - a bestseller that would go on to the win the Pulitzer Prize. "Lonesome Dove" follows the Midwest cattle drive of a number of ex-Texas Rangers. McMurtry originally wrote the story as a movie script, but when a number of the principals backed out, he decided to write it as novel instead. The work became so well received that it would spawn a series of books and was eventually adapted into an Emmy Award-winning television series in 1989 starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. McMurtry's days of screenwriting were not over - he would go on to win an Academy Award for his adaptation of Brokeback Mountain. "As they get under way, the novel's scope begins to become clear. Mr. McMurtry weaves a dense web of subplots involving secondary characters and out-of-the-way places, with the idea of using the form of a long, old-fashioned realistic novel to create an accurate picture of life on the American frontier…" (Contemporary New York Times Review). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.