Midnight Cowboy
by Herlihy, James Leo
In some ways, it was unfortunate for author James Leo Herlihy that his novel Midnight Cowboy was adapted into the landmark film of the same name starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. Although the film, which won several Oscars including Best Picture, certainly brought the rising author a new level of regard and notice, its almost legendary status in the history of American filmmaking has somewhat overshadowed its literary progenitor. This is especially unfortunate since Herlihy's work is considered by many to be one of the best American novels published since World War II. The novel's protagonist is Joe Buck, a naive young Texan who decides to leave his dead-end job and find a grander, more glamorous life in New York City. The city, of course, turns out to be a much harder place to conquer than Joe expected, and he soon finds his dream compromised. Buck's fall from innocence and his relationship with the crippled street hustler Ratso Rizzo form the novel's emotional nucleus, and the unlikely pair is one of the most sensitively-drawn and complex portraits of friendship in recent literature.The focus on male friendship is in fact a longstanding motif in American literature: Twain's Huck and Jim, Melville's Ishmael and Queequeg, Fitzgerald's Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, and Kerouac's Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarity are some of the notable examples. Herlihy's Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo continue this venerable tradition in their unique, starkly-drawn fashion. Midnight Cowboy also takes a well-deserved place among a group of distinguished American novels that write-often with unnerving candor-about people living on the "margins" of society: Nathaniel West's Miss Lonleyhearts, John Fante's Ask the Dust, Kerouac's On the Road, and William Burroughs' Junky, to name a few. Midnight Cowboy, written by Herlihy with a unique mixture of severe realism and sensitivity, may well prove to be the best and most durable of these accomplished works of fiction.
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First edition, presumed first printing as no other printings are shown on the copyright page. Book is in 'Like New' conditon except for slight bumping at top of spine and top cover corners. Othwerwise, no faults. Unclipped dj has slight tears /nicks at all four corners, noticeable wear at top and bottom of spine, wrinkling at top and bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. 8vo, pp. 253. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, author's photographic portrait to rear panel. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little fading to (white) rear panel and the lightest of edgewear. First edition of Herlihy's second novel. … Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. First edition, first printing. 253 p.p. Original blue cloth, some bumping, rubbing and sunning to spine ends and edges. Top edge green. Text clean. Herlihey's second novel, chronicling the journey of a naive Texan to New York City. Adapted into a film in 1969 starring… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Great Novel made into a great Dustin Hoffman, John Voight film dealing with the underbelly of urban life in NY in the sixties. Authors second book. First Edition, First printing stated. Book is near fine with fading to spine ends and edges. Unclipped ($4.95)… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon and Schuster, (1965). First edition. A novel of the underbelly of New York City life in the sixties. Basis for the movie starring Dustin Hoffman and John Voight. Very good or better with edges rubbed, spine ends sunned and page edges lightly foxed. In fine dust jacket with barest wear. From the collection of sports writer… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon and Schuster, (1965). First Edition. First Printing Very near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 3/8 inches with fading at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the boards and with a slight roll to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Simon and Schuster, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A near fine first edition (First Printing stated on copyright page) in a fine dust jacket (original price still on front flap), inscribed by Herlihy on the front free endpaper. Light dots of discoloration at top and bottom of covers. Otherwise book is fine and looks unread. Item Price
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MIDNIGHT COWBOY
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New York: Dell Books, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. 191 pp. Dell Book 5611. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover feature Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in scenes from the movie, which was directed by John Schlesinger in 1969.. Item Price
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London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. A collectible copy of this uncommon 1st UK Edition. NF book no specific defects. Dealer sticker in front and dealer price in pencil. NF DJ with minor edgewear and minor chipping at top of the spine. Unclipped and now with brodart jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Not price clipped, but a new ink price is written on the bottom of the front flap. A very nice copy.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, [1965]. First edition. Small, neat inked name and date to lower front free end paper, inked "H" stamp to front paste down, fade to upper and lower cloth edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to extremities and light scratches to front panel. (30499). Octavo, cloth.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon and Schuster [1965], 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 13-253, [3] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine; light green topstain. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. The basis for the 1969 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight; the… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The author's second novel, which chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women. It served as the basis for the 1969 John Schlesinger film starring Dustin… Read more about this item Item Price
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Midnight cowboy
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Simon and Schuster, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; 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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Midnight Cowboy
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Tight, square spine with some sunning and very light creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Front cover remains bright. Some subtle creasing to the back cover, as well as other light shelf-wear. There is a one-inch dent to the fore-edge. Stylish little movie tie-in with a cover montage of stills from its adaptation, the only Oscar Best Picture–winning film to receive an… Read more about this item Item Price
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Midnight Cowboy
by James Leo Herlihy
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Dell, 1968. 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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Midnight Cowboy
by James Leo Herlihy
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Rosetta Books - IPS, November 2016. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. First book has a $3.75 shipping fee, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store… Read more about this item Item Price
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Simon and Schuster, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. First Printing stated on the copyright page. Item Price
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