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Abbey, Edward:. The Brave Cowboy. London Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957.
Price: US$173.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover book , First edition in the UK with dustjacket. 276 pages. An Old Tale set in 1950's Mexico . Abbey's second novel and the first to be published in the UK. It is now known better under its film title ' Lonely is the Brave' Starring Kirk Douglas and Gena Rowlands. A Very Good copy in a Very good dustjacket. Covers have a couple of slight dents to edges , Book clean without inscriptions. Jacket has some repair work internally with tape and some external creasing but is otherwise clean and not price clipped. Pictures available.
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Abbey, Edward. The Brave Cowboy. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957.
Price: US$352.76 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth. Very nice copy in trifle marked dustwrapper.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Abbey, Edward. The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1957.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 276pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green cloth-effect paper over boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. The rear board is just a trifle warped, and the bottom edge of the text block is foxed. There is a little foxing on the endpapers as well. The dust jacket is foxing (heavily on the verso). There are a couple of small closed tears in the edges, and the rear inside flap is creased. Despite these flaws, the jacket is still relatively attractive. Second published work from the literary icon. The story of Jack Burns and his fight with modern society (a theme Abbey would revisit). The character of Jack Burns would turn up in later Abbey novels- Monkey Wrench Gang, Good News and Hayduke Lives! Basis for the film starring Kirk Douglas titled "Lonely are the Brave."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
ABBEY, Edward. The Brave Cowboy. Western Book Club, London, 1957.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 277 pages. 12mo, bright blue boards, graphic pictorial d.w. (very minor wear at corner and one crease on rear panel; light foxing visible only on recto). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode/Western Book Club, [1957]. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Abbey's second novel, the basis for the film "Lonely are the Brave," starring Kirk Douglas and Gena Rowlands.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ABBEY EDWARD. THE BRAVE COWBOY. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1957.
Price: US$801.73 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Publishers original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Foxing to the page edges otherwise a VG+ copy in like D/W with some foxing to the edges of both flaps and also to the left hand edge of the back panel. The basis for the 1962 classic film, Lonely are the Brave starring Kirk Douglas and written for the screen by Dalton Trumbo. The story of John W. "Jack" Burns, who refuses to join modern society, doesn't have much use for modern technology, identification, or registering for the draft. The UK first edition had a much smaller print run than its US counterpart and has striking artwork (by Stein) of the cowboy on his rearing horse as a menacing truck aproaches. A very nice copy indeed
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom