The Searchers - A Novel by Alan Le May
signed first edition
1954 · New York
by FORD, JOHN, JOHN WAYNE, ALAN LE MAY - THE SEARCHERS - NOVEL & FILM
New York: Harper, 1954. First Edition. One of 800 special copies signed by the author Alan Le May for “friends of the author and the publisher in the book trade” This is retained file copy belonged to Le May’s Hollywood agent, and is stamped five times on different pages with the agency stamp of H.N. Swanson located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. It was Swanson who sold the book to film director John Ford and producers Merian C. Cooper and C.V. Whitney. The basis of film director John Ford’s classic film starring John Wayne. Very good copy in original cloth. (Inventory #: 16328J)