The Big Sky
by Guthrie, A B , Jr
A classic portrait of America's vast frontier that inspired the Western genre in fiction.
Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Sky is the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers: traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery of the wilderness, Caudill becomes an untamed mountain man, whom only the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief dares to love.
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The Big Sky
by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
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- Used - Good
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- Acceptable
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- First Printing
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- 1947
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- Trade hardcover
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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1947 William Sloan Associates trade hardcover, first edition, not remainder marked, dj not price clipped($3.50). Dj shows heavy wear but remains mostly intact, hinges are weak & heavy wear on the spine ends, else preserved in Brodart protective sleeve. Top end of the spine of the book dinged, else the red cloth covered boards clean & square. White lettering on… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Sky (First Edition, inscribed)
by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
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- 1947
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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New York: William Sloane, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: "For Miss Margie / With sincere good wishes always / Bud Guthrie / Lexington, Ky. / April 28, 1947." Not to be confused with the signed limited edition, printed in an edition of 500 copies.
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Big Sky
by Guthrie, A.B. jr
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- 1947
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- Brown cloth
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pdx, Oregon, USA
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$20.00
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Dust jacket price clipped. Stated first printing. Bookplate of cm west on recto endpaper. Front free endpapers map of US.
What drove a man west in the 1800's. I thought it was a good read when I read about 1963. The first in a trilogy, the Big Sky continues to hold the reader. The dust jacket shows the many hands that… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Sky
by GUTHRIE, A.B., Jr.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Good
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$150.00
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Fourth printing. Near fine in red boards with wear at the spine ends in good dustwrapper with significant chips and tear at the folds and and corners. Nicely Inscribed by the author to a western movie actress: "For Betty Miles, with the author's sincere good wishes. A.B. Guthrie Jr.… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
THE BIG SKY
by GUTHRIE, JR., A.B
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- First edition
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- 1947
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947., 1947. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 386pp. Author's second book. One of 500 numbered copies with an extra leaf signed by Guthrie tipped-in. This copy includes both the regular trade, pictorial dust jacket, and the special plain grey advance dust jacket which bears the limitation number at the top of the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Sky
by GUTHRIE, A.B., Jr.
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- Very Good
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$75.00
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Light foxing on the endpapers, corners and spine ends modestly bumped, very good in a slightly spine-faded about very good dust jacket with a small hole on the spine, some chipping to the spine ends and flap folds, and a few small tears. Tipped on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Sky
by Guthrie, Jr., A.B.
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- 1947
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Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
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$50.00
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. First Printing. VG (slight wave to pages, wrinkling to opening pages) in a Good+ price-clipped dustjacket (dampstain to rear and bottom half, toning, edgewear). Jacket design by Alan Haemer. A high spot of midcentury Western American fiction, and Guthrie's first book. Item Price
$50.00
The Big Sky
by A. B. Guthrie Jr
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2002-01-09
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- Paperback
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- 9780618154630
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West Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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$10.00
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Mariner Books, 2002-01-09. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Clean, has a good binding and clean pages, no marks or notations. Slight age toning. TP HS Item Price
$10.00
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The Big Sky (Signed by author)
by GUTHRIE, A.B. Jr.
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- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
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- 1947
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- Hard Cover
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Littleton, Colorado, USA
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$70.00
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New York: William Sloane Associates. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1947. Hard Cover. An early edition of A. B. Guthrie, Jr.'s novel, the first of 6 in the author's Western Sequence series about the pioneers who settled the West. With map of the American West spanning both sides of two pages at title page. The State… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BIG SKY
by Guthrie, A. B. Jr.; (Wallace Stegner, Foreword)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- None as Issued
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- First Edition, First Pinting
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- 1992
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- Soft cover
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- 9780395611531
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Berkeley, California, USA
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$12.50
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasings to upper front & lower back corners from poor shelving. Western fiction. Historian, novelist, screen writer Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Jr. (1901 - 1991) received Pulitzer for his novel The Way West (1950). The Big Sky… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Sky
by A B Guthrie Jr
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
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- 1965-01-01
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780395083932
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Arlington, Oregon, USA
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$9.28
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Houghton Mifflin Co, 1965-01-01. Fourth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 1965 Houghton Mifflin paperback there's a couple of small stains inside the front cover otherwise nice copy b102 Item Price
$9.28
The Big Sky
by A. B. Guthrie Jr
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- Used - Good
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- 1982-02-01
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780553203639
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Burlington, Vermont, USA
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$12.00
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Bantam Books, 1982-02-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Softcover. Good+. Slight shelf wear. Wrinkling on spine from reading. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire. Item Price
$12.00
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The Big Sky
by Guthrie, A.B., Jr.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Chico, California, USA
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$60.00
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. The first title in Guthrie's series of six Western novels. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition [stated "First Printing"] mismatched with a later dustjacket. Reddish-brown cloth binding with titling on the spine in a pale blue. Clean text; 386 pages. Light rub to the margins and minor creas to two… Read more about this item Item Price
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Big Sky
by Guthrie Jr., A.B
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1984-10-01
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780553250152
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Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
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$4.30
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Bantam, 1984-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. 6x4x1. The covers are smudged with shelf wear and creasing to the corners, hinges, and spine. The outer edges are stained and leech into the otherwise clean pages just a bit. The spine is loose. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING! Item Price
$4.30
Big Sky
by Guthrie Jr., A.B
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1984-10-01
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- Mass_market
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- 9780553250152
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Kingwood, Texas, USA
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$6.97
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Bantam, 1984-10-01. mass_market. Acceptable. 6x4x1. Item Price
$6.97
The Big Sky
by Guthrie, Jr., A.B.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing (stated).
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- 1947
- Binding
- Cloth
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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$16.35
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New York: William Sloane Assoc., 1947. First Edition, First Printing (stated). . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo in rust cloth w/gray spine medallion. Good/ No DJ. Cloth stained and edgeworn, 1/4" split in cloth at crown w/lightly pulled text block, front hinge a little loose,… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.35
The Big Sky
by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
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$999.99
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. This is the true First Edition of 500 copies made and signed by the author, #288, he signs under the limitation statement and then again at the bottom of the page, "To my pal Charlie Wagner, Bud Guthrie. There is some loss to the top of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Sky
by A. B. Guthrie Jr.
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553203639
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$6.89
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Bantam Books, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Big Sky
by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1964
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- Soft cover
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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$8.00
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New York, NY: Time, Inc., 1964. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 378 pp. Trade paperback reprint of Guthrie's classic. Book has right lean. Light soiling on page edges and slight rubbing shows on white background of wrapper. Occasional creased page corners.
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The Big Sky
by Guthrie Jr., A.B.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$29.66
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full blue cloth. Top edge grey. xii, 386 pp. Damp stain to top edge of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly worn to extremities, some rubbing to covers. Item Price
$29.66