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.
Available Copies
Lonesome Dove
by McMURTRY, Larry
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1985
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$350.00
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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
$350.00
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Sewn 1/4 cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$375.00
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1985 stated 1st ed/1st print in VG+/VG condition. Full number line and other first edition points verified. Spine slightly cocked w/light soiling of the edges. Internally pristine with no marks or damage. Dust-Jacket faded slightly at the spine and a closed tear was repaired at the front top corner and placed in an archival cover. The Pulitzer prize-winning & epic… Read more about this item Item Price
$375.00
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
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
- Item Price
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$275.00
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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
$275.00
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Kalispell, Montana, USA
- Item Price
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$400.00
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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
$400.00
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1985-06-13
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$12.49
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Simon & Schuster, 1985-06-13. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
$12.49
LONESOME DOVE SIGNED
by Larry McMurtry - John Le Carre
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, USA
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$1,508.95
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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
$1,508.95
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Advance uncorrected proofs
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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$175.00
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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
$175.00
Lonesome Dove
by MCMURTRY, LARRY
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$375.00
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. Book. Very Good. Quarter Cloth and Boards. First Edition. Octavo. Black quarter cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, wrapped in a pictorial dust jacket with the price clipped. Pen on the front endpaper. Extremely small remainder mark to bottom edge.This Pulitzer-Prize winning novel was turned into an award-winning television series.. Item Price
$375.00
LONESOME DOVE
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition tenth printing hardcover
- Published
- 1985
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Livingston, Texas, USA
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$200.00
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Simon and Schuster, NY, 1985. First edition tenth printing hardcover. SIGNED BY MCMURTRY ON THE TITLE PAGE. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket Item Price
$200.00
LONESOME DOVE
by MCMURTRY, LARRY
- Condition
- Used - FINE IN FINE D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Published
- PUB 1985
- Binding
- HARDCOVER
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, USA
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$425.00
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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
$425.00
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
- Seller
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dallas, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$225.00
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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.
Item Price
$225.00
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Item Price
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$112.50
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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
$112.50
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, USA
- Item Price
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$135.00
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Simon and Schuster, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First printing, very good hardcover shows some mild soil and rubbing to covers, some light scratching to covers, some caving along spine due to the large size of the volume, soil and faint staining to page edges, a few tiny soil specks at front endpaper… Read more about this item Item Price
$135.00
Lonesome Dove (Signed First Printing)
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Tomball, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$1,575.00
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First Edition/First Printing (with complete number line and error on p. 621) in a First State dust jacket with no Pulitzer blurb; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A remarkably well preserved copy of this award winning novel and basis for the highly popular TV series; getting quite scarce… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,575.00
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, Book 3)
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1447203054
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$5.46
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Paperback. Acceptable. Item Price
$5.46
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
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$1,100.00
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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
$1,100.00
Lonesome Dove : Larry McMurtry (Hardcover, 1985)
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - ACCEPTABLE
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1274065372
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waterville, Maine, USA
- Item Price
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$150.00
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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
$150.00
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Item Price
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$275.00
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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
$275.00
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN 10
- 0671504207
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, USA
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$225.00
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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
$225.00
LONESOME DOVE
by LARRY McMURTRY
- Condition
- Used - very good near fine with dj
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hard cover with dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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New Britain, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$177.00
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NEW YORK NY: SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 1985. hard cover with dj. very good near fine with dj. Item Price
$177.00