Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail by Borden Chase
first edition
1948 · New York
by RED RIVER - THE FILM - CHASE, BORDEN, JOHN WAYNE, HOWARD HAWKS -
New York: Random House, 1948. 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 Wayne’s 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. (Inventory #: 16388J)