Cimarron by Edna Ferber [ANTIQUE HARDCOVER] 1930 • Grosset & Dunlap
Cimarron by Edna Ferber
ANTIQUE HARDCOVER [1930] GROSSET & DUNLAP
No printing date listed. Appears to be an early hardcover re-issue by G&D, with great illustrated jacket art. Note - the true first edition was published by Doubleday.
Dust jacket has some visibly worn edges, but fully in tact and vibrant. Price clipped on front panel. Now housed in a new HQ brodart jacket protector.
Book itself looks and reads like new w/ a few spots to red dyed upper text block. *Gift inscription from the 1960's on front endpaper.
The basis for the Academy Award-winning major motion picture starring Best Actor nominee Richard Dix and Best Actress nominee Irene Dunne.
This vivid and sweeping tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush, from Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, traces the stunning challenges of settling an untamed frontier. Staking claim to their new home in Osage, Yancey Cravat, a spellbinding criminal lawyer, and his wife, well-bred Sabra, work against seemingly overwhelming odds to create a prosperous life for themselves. And as they establish themselves in this lawless land, Sabra displays a brilliant business sense and makes a success of their local newspaper, the Oklahoma Wigwam, all amidst border and land disputes, outlaws, and the discovery of oil.
Originally published in 1929, and twice made into a motion picture, Cimarron brings history alive, capturing the settling of the American West in vivid detail.