The Dark Command a Kansas Iliad by Burnett W R (5 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.

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.

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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition Thus. Bound in bright orange cloth, stamped in black, in dust jacket that has a scene from the Republic Picture with John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Walter Pidgeon on the front panel. Ownership name and address to front pastedown (completely hidden by front flap of dust jacket) and a later signature to top edge of front endpaper. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh who discovered John Wayne. 396 pp. One of the scarcer and more desirable "Photoplay Editions".

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.