First Edition Points and Criteria for Lonesome Dove

Year Published: 1985
Author Last Name: McMurtry
Author First Name: Larry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 843

The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Simon & Schuster in 1985. It was 843 pages long, and the original retail price was $18.95. The first edition can be identified by the following criteria: Number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. All first printings have the error "he had none nothing" on page 621 line 16. We have found this error in printings as recent as the 25th, and consequently we do not consider it a first edition point.

Lonesome Dove won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Picture of the 1985 first edition dust jacket for Lonesome Dove.
Picture of the 1985 first edition dust jacket for Lonesome Dove.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for Lonesome Dove.
Picture of the first edition copyright page for Lonesome Dove.

Picture of dust jacket where original $18.95 price is found for Lonesome Dove.
Picture of dust jacket where original $18.95 price is found for Lonesome Dove.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of Lonesome Dove.
Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of Lonesome Dove.

Picture of the first edition Simon & Schuster boards for Lonesome Dove.
Picture of the first edition Simon & Schuster boards for Lonesome Dove.

Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of Lonesome Dove.
Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of Lonesome Dove.

Picture of book and dust jacket flaps for Lonesome Dove. Photo courtesy of James
Picture of book and dust jacket flaps for Lonesome Dove. Photo courtesy of James Cahill/Rare Books, Inc.

Picture of the dust jacket spine for Lonesome Dove. Photo courtesy of James Cahill/Rare
Picture of the dust jacket spine for Lonesome Dove. Photo courtesy of James Cahill/Rare Books, Inc.



Other first edition points for books by Larry McMurtry include: Terms of Endearment.

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