Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
An epic story of two retired
Texas Rangers on a cattle drive to Montana that is loosely basedon historic
events from the 19th century, the original Lonesome Dove story was written to
be a screenplay called "The Streets of Laredo.” The 1970s film was to be
directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring John Wayne, James Stewart, and Henry
Fonda. However, due to casting issues, the movie was abandoned. Larry McMurtry
later turned the Lonesome Dove script into a full-length Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel. The novel was later re-adapted to a four-part television miniseries
starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Robert Urich.
First edition identification
Published by Simon and
Schuster in 1985 in black cloth, the copyright page of first editions of
Lonesome Dove have a complete number line beginning with "1.” The first
issue jacket has no statement of the Pulitzer Prize, and the text has an error
on page 621, line 16 reading "none" instead of "done."
However, this specific error has been noted in printings as recent as the 25th
and is not necessarily considered a first edition point of issue.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
First editions signed by McMurty
sells for upwards of $1,000.
Reviews
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On Aug 25, 2009, Poetmaker said
I am 64 years old and have read many books, but this novel takes the cow pie cake--so to speak. I could not put it down--it has consumed my days and nights with the most outstanding writing I have ever read. I almost wanted to scratch the palces he was describing--I felt the rope on my neck--the bug bites--smelled the smells the cowboys smelled--was happy when they were happy and ever so sad when the main characters were either killed or had to make a major decision. A must read for everyone who says the love to read. This is a novel one must take on their trip to Mars or down an isolated jungle trip. It will keep you company better than anything else you could take with you.
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Lonesome Dove
by McMURTRY, Larry
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- Used
- Published
- 1985
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- 1
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$536.02
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. 8vo. 843 pages. Original black cloth-backed boards; pictorial dust jacket designed by George Corsillo, utilizing a painting by Shannon Stirnweis. A tight, largely fresh copy with light spotting to upper sheet edges, two bumps along lower rear board; the jacket with light shelfwear at ends of spine, but fresh and bright, with original… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1985-06-13
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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A$29.51
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
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Kalispell, Montana, USA
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A$612.60
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Condition of book is very good. The dust jacket, spine, binding, and inside pages all in good condition. No writings, markings or underlining in book. Book subject to normal wear and tear based on reading, and age. Can be seen on corners of dust jacket and hardcover, Numbering in book as follows: 10 9 8 7… Read more about this item Item Price
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LONESOME DOVE SIGNED
by Larry McMurtry - John Le Carre
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Pomona, New York, USA
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A$2,280.33
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New York: Simon and Schuster. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner name, small inscription on FEP. Faint tape residue on top/bottom of rear panel. FIRST STATE ("none" instead of "done" on p621) ; Personalized by John LeCarre on FEP. ; Signed by Actor . Item Price
A$2,280.33
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Tight.
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Roseburg, Oregon, USA
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A$306.30
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First edition, First Printing, Full number line, 1985. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine. Binding tight, slightly concave on top, common in this work. Text very clean and unmarked.
DJ is VG, slight wrinkle on spine, and on back. No tears or chipping. DJ is price clipped
Lonesome Dove was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Simon & Schuster, First Edition, Second Printing, 06/13/1985
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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A$421.16
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Simon & Schuster, 1985. Simon & Schuster, First Edition, Second Printing, 06/13/1985. Very Good/Very Good. A love story and an epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last, defiant wilderness of America. Richly authentic, beautifully written, Lonesome Dove is a book to make readers laugh, weep, dream and remember. Now a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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A$172.29
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NY: NY: Simon & Schuster; (1985). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing, very good in a very good+ dust jacket. Pages edges are a little soiled, and there is a label ghost about 1" high and 4" long on the front endpaper (the area of the label ghost is slightly browned and a little rougher… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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dallas, Texas, USA
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A$344.59
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nicer than usually seen, with an especially nice jacket. 1-10 number line. Quite nice and tight, the jacket spine is mildly sunned. Tiny clear stain to top page edge.
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A$344.59
LONESOME DOVE
by MCMURTRY, LARRY
- Condition
- Used - FINE IN FINE D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Published
- PUB 1985
- Binding
- HARDCOVER
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
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- 1
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, USA
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A$650.89
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NEW YORK NY: SIMON AND SCHUSTER. FINE IN FINE D.J.. PUB 1985. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST PRINTING WITH COMPLETE NUMBER LINE:"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" AND WITH FIRST ISSUE POINT "NONE" FOR "DONE" ON LINE 16 PAGE 621 . BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Advance uncorrected proofs
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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A$268.01
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. Advance uncorrected proofs. Paperback. 843pp. Thick octavo [22 cm] Yellow and black printed wraps. Good plus. The spine and the surrounding areas on the wraps are sunned (printing still bold), the text block edges are lightly soiled, and the text block is cracked at p. 577. Despite this crack, the text block is… Read more about this item Item Price
A$268.01
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First ed; Seventh Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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A$84.23
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Simon & Schuster. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1985. First ed; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 0671504207 . Slight dampstain to DJ ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 2.3 inches; 843 pages . Item Price
A$84.23
Lonesome Dove : Larry McMurtry (Hardcover, 1985)
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - ACCEPTABLE
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1274065372
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- 1
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Waterville, Maine, USA
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A$229.73
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Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE. 1st Edition 1st State page 621 line 16 "none" for "done" Ex-library with all the usual markings Dustjacket protected in Brodart plastic slipcover Item Price
A$229.73
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, USA
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A$344.59
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Simon & Schuster, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Advance uncorrected proofs. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from McMurtry. Near fine in plain yellow wraps with black lettering. Single crease to spine, wear at corners, and some light smudging to page block edge else fine and clean. Item Price
A$344.59
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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A$421.16
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NY: Simon & Schuster; (1985). First Edition . Soft cover. Advance uncorrected proof, near fine in bright yellow wraps. Small closed tear, about 3/4", at the bottom of the spine/front cover joint. The spine is slightly sunned (to a shade or two lighter yellow color). There is a little minor soiling to the page edges. A tight, square copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove (w/signed card)
by MCMURTRY, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$1,684.65
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985. The endpapers have been professionally restored and the book tightened. The first edition of this book that went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in the year of publication. Many consider this work to be the author's tour-de-force. No indentation to spine. Previous owner's neat inscription to second free endpaper. A… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,684.65
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used: Very good
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671623249
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Binghamton, New York, USA
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A$33.85
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Pocket Books, 1986. Paperback. Used: Very good. 6x4x1. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Historical fiction; very good mass market paperback, some creases and nicks to edges, tips bumped, tanned pages, crease in spine, clean pages, prompt shipping with tracking. Item Price
A$33.85
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Templeton, California, USA
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A$1,684.65
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First printing. Arthur signature only on the Title Page in my presence by Larry McMurtry at The Tucson Festival Of Books. The book has a little sag and some shelf wear on the bottom of the text block as a result. There are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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The Woodlands, Texas, USA
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A$1,531.50
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New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by McMurtry to previous owner. Inscription reads "For Rex Hall, Larry McMurtry." This is one of McMurtry's mostly complete signatures in which the Larry is somewhat abreviated, but McMurtry is complete, clear, and every letter is legible.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First ed; Seventh Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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A$84.23
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Simon & Schuster. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1985. First ed; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 0671504207 . Slight dampstain to DJ ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 2.3 inches; 843 pages . Item Price
A$84.23
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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PASADENA, California, USA
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A$1,301.78
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Simon & Schuster, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED BY AUTHORS A VERY GOOD FIRST IN DUST JACKET.SIGNED ON TIPPED IN PAGE./The Pulitzer Prize winning book is clean with a number line including "1" making it a True 1st Printing as well as being 1st State with the error on page 621, line 16 "none" instead of "done". owner… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,301.78