The Naked Spur by Ullman, Allan & Bloom, Rolfe - 1954

Pennant, 1961. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Pennant, 1961 Pennant P29 Vintage Paperback.

New York:: Random House,, (1953). Hardcover first edition -. Good only in a good dust jacket (spine slant, some offsetting to the endpapers, rubbing to the edges and folds of the dust jacket, but it is still bright and unfaded, original price of 2.50 still present). First printing. "Greed and lust call the tune when a Western killer is tracked for profit in this taut adventure in suspense." Novel based upon the Academy Award nominated screenplay by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom for this classic Western film about a bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart and Janet Leigh. 176 pp.

New York: Random House, 1953. First Edition. Distinguished copy of this western novel, centered around a bounty hunter who tries to bring a murderer to justice, and forced to accept the help of two unsavory strangers in the process. Basis for Anthony Mann's 1953 film adaptation, starring Jimmy Stewart, Janet Leight, and Robert Ryan. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, at the time, a rare honor for a western. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); dark orange paper and beige cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in black and dark brown on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; [viii],175,[1]pp. The vault copy formerly retained by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library in Culver City, California, bearing their typed and rubber-stamped label on the front endpaper, and rubber-stamped address to two sides of the textblock, and lower margin of several internal pages. Light wear to spine ends, a bit of softening to crown, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with… Read More