Shane by Schaefer Jack, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Minor, Wendell (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator Wendell Minor. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition with protective mylar cover. ; 7.25 X 0.75 X 9 inches; 135 pages; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Jack Schaefer to previous owner! Original hardcover, later printing, nice illustrations by John McCormack. Book is in about good, good minus condition, mostly due to the soiling to boards; some rubbing, fading; pen marks on covers. There is waviness to edges of pages, might be from thickness and illustrations. Previous owner name/bookplate on inside front cover. Some average reading wear. Collectible copy. Inscribed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Full Description: SCHAEFER, Jack. Shane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. First edition of this scarce title, with the date printed on the title-page. Signed by Schaefer on the title-page. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 192 x 133 mm). [viii], 214, [2, blank] pp. Original light brown cloth, front cover and spine lettered in dark brown. Some light toning to pastedowns. In original unclipped dust jacket with $2.50 on flap. Jacket has some minor chipping to top and bottom of spine and some rubbing to top and bottom edge. Overall, a near fine copy of this very rare and sought-after title. This novel was the basis of the beloved film of the same title (1953, directed by the legendary George Stevens) which starred Alan Ladd in the title role and with Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, and a youthful [Walter] Jack Palance. HBS 69237. $9,500. Signed.

HARDCOVER. Condition: FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. FIRST EDITION. UNDATED AUTHOR SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION CARD (4.5" X 6 5/8") LAID-IN. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL LIGHT BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BROWN TITLES TO THE SPINE AND THE FRONT COVER AND "1949" TO BOTH TITLE AND COPYRIGHT PAGES. BOOK HAS JUST A TRACE OF RUB AT SPINE ENDS OTHERWISE A FINE COPY OF THIS ALTERNATE ISSUE BINDING. D.J. IS LIGHTLY WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS AND EDGE RUB TO THE FRONT PANEL, A TOUCH OF RUB TO THE BROWN VERTICAL FOLDS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED RETAINING ORIGINAL 2.50 PRICE. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF BOOK AND SIGNATURE.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jack Schaefer on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's tan cloth stamped in brown. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light fading to the spine, light toning and light wear. The acclaimed western novel that inspired the 1953 film directed by George Stevens.