SCHAEFER, Jack.

£6,500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Shane. First edition in book form, first printing, this copy in notably attractive condition. Shane is a classic of the western genre and was the author's first book. The story was initially published in 1946 as a three part serial in the pulp magazine Argosy under the name Rider from Nowhere. Schaefer revised and significantly expanded the work for the present book.In 1953 Shane was adapted into a film of the same name starring Alan Ladd. This copy, although unmarked as such, is from the library of Theodore B. Baum, known as one of the best collections of literary firsts to have been gathered in the US.

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