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Price: US$3950.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing. The novel basis for Red River, the classic Howard Hawks directed 1948 Western film, starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift, for which Chase co-authored the screenplay. Hardbound in original tan cloth. A rare book especially in dust jacket. Some minor offsetting from a clipping listing the film cast on the adjacent copyright and dedication pages, Near fine in a clean tight copy in a near fine bright dust jacket with a few tiny mends by an expert paper conservationist. 216 pages. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box. In a career of many fine films, John WayneÕs three greatest performances are considered those in The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and Red River where Wayne plays the hard-edged cattle drive boss, Tom Dunson. Red River has been selected by the Library of Congress as a national film treasure.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
CHASE, BORDEN. BLAZING GUNS ON THE CHISHOLM TRAIL. Random House, [1948]., New York, 1948.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Pseudonym of Frank Fowler. The source for the 1948 Western classic "Red River," which was directed by Howard Hawks and starred John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. Chase, a cowboy by way of Brooklyn, went to California to write other screenplays including "The Fighting SeaBees," which also starred John Wayne and, later on, two critically acclaimed Anthony Mann Westerns, "Bend of the River" and "Winchester '73," both of which starred James Stewart. A fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. Facing ruin in the post-Civil War South, Texas rancher Thomas Dunson leads a cattle drive north to where he hopes to find a buyer. But his hard ways and unilateral leadership alienate the cowboys riding with him, even young war veteran Mathew Garth, whom Dunson raised like a son. Red River has been selected by the Library of Congress as a national film treasure. A fine copy of this poorly produced title in a fine, bright dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends. Housed in a clamshell case with dust jacket front cover depicted on the front cover and spine.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Chase, Borden. Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail. Random House, 1948.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing (so stated). Octavo. Pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; two small chips). Very good. 216 pages. Signed and inscribed by Chase on front pastedown: "For Bill Welch, because I like him. Borden Chase. Encino 3/4/48." Chase was born Frank Fowler (1900-1971). He had a horse ranch in Encino, California. He has 53 screen writer credits for film and TV. The source for the film "Red River", directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. The only copy of this scarce book we have seen signed.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.