THE SEARCHERS
by Le May, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus/Very good plus
- Seller
-
Talent, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good plus/Very good plus. One of 800 copies of the first edition signed by Le May on the special limitation page. Basis for the 1956 Warner film directed by John Ford and staring John Wayne, Vera Miles, Jeffery Hunter, Natalie Wood and others. Head of spine bumped. A very good plus copy in very good plus dust jacket with corresponding bump to the head of the spine panel plus mild fade to the spine panel. $3.00 publisher's price on the front flap present.
Synopsis
In this great American masterpiece, which served as the basis for the classic John Wayne film, two men with very different agendas push their endurance beyond all faith and hope to find a little girl captured by the Comanche.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055056
- Title
- THE SEARCHERS
- Author
- Le May, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition First printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- fiction, film, western
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
Terms of Sale
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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