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 Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Tight.
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, USA
- Item Price
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$200.00
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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
$200.00
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used: Very good
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780671623241
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Binghamton, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$32.00
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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
$32.00
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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
- 9780671504205
- 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
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Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Good
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- 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 SIGNED
by Larry McMurtry - John Le Carre
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$1,488.95
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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
$1,488.95
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1985-06-13
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$25.83
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Simon & Schuster, 1985-06-13. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
$25.83
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- 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 - FINE IN FINE D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Published
- PUB 1985
- Binding
- HARDCOVER
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, USA
- Item Price
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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
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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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 Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781439195260
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Southport, Merseyside, GBR
- Item Price
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$27.02
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Paperback. New. Item Price
$27.02
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
Lonesome Dove : Larry McMurtry (Hardcover, 1985)
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - ACCEPTABLE
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781274065377
- 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 (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.
by McMurtry, Larry.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, USA
- Item Price
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$750.00
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NY: SIMON & SCHUSTER.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Close to fine in plain yellow printed wrappers. (Couple tiny nicks at edges of spine. ) Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and basis for the immensely popular television miniseries. . Item Price
$750.00
Lonesome Dove
by MCMURTRY, LARRY
- Condition
- Used - N-Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$279.50
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Book. N-Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A solid square tight carefully read copy. This copy has some pagedge soil, some light curvature of the text block at the top of the spine. The 18.95 jacket has some rubbing wear, some edge wear, some staining at the edge at the top of… Read more about this item Item Price
$279.50
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1986-08-01
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780671623241
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Diego, California, USA
- Item Price
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$104.28
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Pocket Books, 1986-08-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
$104.28
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1988-12-15
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780671683900
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Diego, California, USA
- Item Price
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$101.86
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Pocket Books, 1988-12-15. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
$101.86
Lonesome Dove
by McMurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, USA
- Item Price
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$295.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine and appears unread in an unclipped near fine dust jacket. "None" for "done" on page 621. Typical concavity of the spine, with separation of the text block, very common with this book once it has been read.… Read more about this item Item Price
$295.00
Lonesome Dove
by Mcmurtry, Larry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, USA
- Item Price
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$252.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Pulitzer Prize winner. First printing. No markings. Still pretty tight and square. Stray ink mark, faint, on bottom page edges (not remainder mark). Price intact jacket is bright, clean and fresh with minor creasing at base of jacket's spine. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near… Read more about this item Item Price
$252.00
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671504205
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$19.47
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Simon & Schuster, 1985. 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
$19.47