Dark Command by Burnett, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Offsetting on flyleaves with slight foxing on rear pastedown, faint spotting on front board, a couple tiny tears at the crown, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Basis for the 1940 Raoul Walsh-directed film starring John Wayne as an 1859 Kansas marshall squaring off against pre-Confederate guerilla leader Walter Pidgeon, and also featuring Roy Rogers and some of Yakima Canutt's best stunts.

UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated 1940 film directed by Raoul Walsh starring John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Claire Trevor; the only film in which Wayne and Rogers appear together, and the second of only two films on which Wayne and Walsh worked together after Walsh discovered Wayne as a 23 year-old prop man. A woman marries a seemingly peaceful Kansas schoolteacher only to find that he attacks both sides during the Civil War for his own profit. Very Good in trade size wrappers (softcover). Repair to an inch and a half-sized loss to the bottom right hand corner of the front wrapper, lightly wear and soil. Olive Films 661.

First Edition, Advance Review Proof Copy in original printed wrappers. Uncommon English advance proof edition of this Historical novel set during the Civil War at the Missouri-Kansas border, and the love story of one woman whose two love interests represent the time's conflicting ways of life. Basis for the 1940 Raoul Walsh directed film starring John Wayne. Very Good in wraps, few nicks, some foxing to endpapers.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon first edition of this American historical novel set during the Kansas Border War, complete with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The uncommon first edition, first printing of this work.With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.This historical novel is set before and during the Civil War at the Missouri-Kansas border, centring on the love story of one woman and the subsequent conflict of two men. The work was adapted into a 1940 western film of the same name, starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Walter Pidgeon.Written by W. R. Burnett, best known for the crime novel Little Caesar, the film adaptation of which is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor rubbing to the extremities. Ink impression for 'The Griffon Book Nook' to the front pastedown. Dust wrapper is smart, with edge wear and light chipping to the spine head and tail. With a couple small closed tears to the joints and a few marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. With bright and generally clean pages, with the very odd spot. Near Fine. book.

First edition thus of Burnett's best-selling novel adapted into the popular Western of the same name which was nominated for two Academy Awards and stands as the only film where Western icons Wayne and Rogers appeared together. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the front free endpaper by John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, and Gabby Hayes and inscribed on the rear free endpaper by Gene Autry. Very good in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership name. With a note from the author laid in. A wonderful example of this classic work signed by five icons of American Westerns. A rare historical novel from Burnett, who was better known for modern day crime stories, Dark Command was an instant bestseller. The film rights were purchased by Republic Pictures who announced the film in May 1939 as part of their slate for 1939â"40 to be directed by Raoul Walsh, who had discovered John Wayne in 1929 when Wayne was a 23-year-old prop man. The film was financed on a larger budget than Republic normally provided and featured an all-star cast including Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Roy Rogers. It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay.

Hardccover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Solid copy in its first printing. First edition stated. Unmarked, tight and square. Red topstain still bright. Burnett's pamphlet "A Note of The Dark Command" laid in. Price intact jacket has moderate rubbing or soiling and a two tiny chips. Basis for film that starred John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon. Scarce in jacket. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Charles V. John dustjacket art. Historical fiction set during the Civil War at the Missouri-Kansas border, and the love story of one woman whose two love interests represent the time's conflicting ways of life. Author's pamphlet "A Note on the Dark Command" laid in. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket.