The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (Masterpieces of American Literature)

xix, [1], 437, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Struthers Burt, color frontispiece and monochrome illustrations by William Moyers. A groundbreaking Western novel: considered by many to be the first true western, it inspired numerous successful authors in the genre, from Zane Grey to Louis L'Amour. Six different film adaptations were made, the first in 1914 (directed by Cecil B. DeMille), the last in 2000, with Gary Cooper starring in a 1929 version.