The Brave Cowboy

Salt Lake City/santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press/Santa Teresa Press.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in slipcase. 0942688880 . Specially SIGNED limited edition of Edward Abbey's novel. Basis for the superb 1962 film adaptation starring actor Kirk Douglas which was titled "Lonely are the Brave." This is the lettered issue of only 26… Read more about this item

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publishers original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Foxing to the page edges otherwise a VG+ copy in like D/W with some foxing to the edges of both flaps and also to the left hand edge of the back panel.… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition thus. Introduction by Kirk Douglas and with a publisher's afterword. Octavo. 280pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. Copy 405 of 500 numbered copies Signed by Kirk Douglas, who starred in the 1962 film version *Lonely are the Brave.* The author's second… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City; Santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press; Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. SIGNED. 280pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. This is a presentation copy signed by late actor Kirk Douglas on the limitation page. Introduction by Kirk Douglas. With a portfolio of black… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books, 1957. Softcover. Near Fine. First paperback edition. A couple of subtle creases at the spine, but a nice, near fine better than usual copy. The cover art depicts a cowboy recuperating from his wounds in bed, with his head bandaged, drawing his revolver, apparently to fend off outlaws or medical bill collectors. The novel… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 276pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green cloth-effect paper over boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. The rear board is just a trifle warped, and the bottom edge of the text block is foxed. There is a little foxing on the endpapers as well. The… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Black and tan paper boards with red and gilt lettering on spine; pictorial dust jacket in mylar jacket. Dust jacket has moderate chipping and creasing along edges and moderate soiling; not price clipped. Boards have moderate wear along all edges; text… Read more about this item

Dream Garden Press/Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Full bright red cloth boards. Special limited edition signed by actor Kirk Douglas. Number 302 of 500 numbered copies. Black and white photos from the 1962 film ""Lonely are the Brave"" at back. The novel is introduced with an original essay by Kirk Douglas,… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth hardcover stamped in black. Limited edition #360/500 signed by Kirk Douglas, who wrote the intro, and starred in the motion picture. Illustrated with photos from the film. The DJ in mylar is pristine, as is the book. ; 8vo … Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Black and tan paper boards with red and gilt lettering on spine; pictorial dust jacket in mylar jacket. Dust jacket is very bright but has light chipping along edges and minor dampstaining on front flap; boards have moderate wear along all… Read more about this item

Avon Bks.. 1st. 1992. good+. Paperback. ISBN:0380714590 8" tall; 320 pages; some wear to extrems of cover; reading crease to spine. .

New York: Dodd Mead, 1956. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 277 pages, black cloth spine over beige color boards. Lettering on spine faded, light fraying to top of spine. Front pastedown with previous owner's bookplate and small bookstore sticker. Otherwise clean, tight copy of a scarce book. Record # 404330

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1956). First edition of his scarce second novel. Basis for the 1962 movie, "Lonely Are the Brave," starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau. A presentable ex-library copy with extensive professional repair. Endpapers replaced; color touched up where tape and labels were removed from the boards and the dust jacket; and facsimile… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very good. Avon Books, 1982, trade paperback, tight, no owner's mark, light wear.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1977. First Edition Thus. 277pp. Octavo [20 cm] Yellow printed wrappers. Very good. Gentle sunning to backstrip. Introduction by Neal E. Lambert. Although largely ignored by the critics when it was first published in 1956, The Brave Cowboy has since attained the status of a minor classic of Western literature. Set in a… Read more about this item

Harper Perennial, April 1992. Trade Paperback. Used Good. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

NY: Dodd Mead. (1956). Abbey's second and scarcest book, a contemporary western that was the basis for the film Lonely Are the Brave, starring Kirk Douglas in one of his iconic roles. This copy belonged to T.M. Pearce, author and professor of English at the University of New Mexico, where Abbey had been his student. Heavily annotated throughout, in pencil,… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City/ Santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press/Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Limited Edition . Hardcover with Slipcase. Fine/Fine. Limited edition lettered issue of 26 copies, this is copy G. Signed by Kirk Douglas, James Pepper and Ken Sanders. Like new copy in like new dust jacket and housed in a grey cloth slipcase. Includes a photograph from the… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City; Santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press; Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/fine. SIGNED. 280pp. Octavo [22 cm] Bright orange cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Light foxing to the top edge of the text block. In the illustrated dust jacket. Signed by late actor Kirk Douglas… Read more about this item

London: Western Book Club, 1957. Book Club edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 276pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Bright turquoise blue paper over boards with title and author stamped in black on the backstrip. The extremities are gently bumped and the edges of the text block are lightly foxed. In the dust jacket, with minor discoloring and foxing to the… Read more about this item