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HONDO

Hondo
Gold Medal Book #347
Copyright page states:
"First Printing, October 1953"
Cover art by: James Dwyer
Rear cover: photo of John Wayne
Wearing Hat.
Cover price: no price listed on cover
Binding: paperback
Note: There is a second printing of Gold Medal #347, this book will state "Second printing" on the copyright page.
 
Reprints
 
Gold Medal Book #37 (British)
Copyright page states:
(top 3 lines) Printed at the Philips Park Press/ and published in Great Britain by Frederick Muller Ltd./ by arrangement with Fawcett Publications, Inc. (no date given) published in 1954
Cover art by: James Dwyer
Rear cover: photo of John Wayne
Wearing Hat.
Cover price: 2/- net
Binding: paperback
 
Gold Medal Book #905
Copyright page states:
"Third printing, July 1959"
Cover art by: James Dwyer
Rear cover: photo of John Wayne
Without a  Hat. (variant photo than first edition)
Cover price: 25 cents
Binding: paperback
 
Gold Medal Book #k1492
Copyright page states:
(top 2 lines) Copyright 1953 by Louis L'Amour/ ...." Second line is a series of four dots, these four dots mean fourth printing. Though 1953 is the only date given, this book was printed in 1964.
Cover art by: James Dwyer
Rear cover: no photo of John Wayne.
Cover price: 40 cents
Binding: paperback
 
Coronet Books #F104 (British)
Hodder Fawcett Ltd.
First Coronet Books edition
Copyright page states:
"Coronet Books edition 1966"
Cover art: photo of apache with knife.
Cover price: 3/6
Binding: paperback
 
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. (British)
ISBN #0-340-17393-9
Copyright page states:
"This edition 1973"
Binding: hardback with dustjacket
 
Gregg Press
A division of G.K. Hall & Co.
First Printing, October 1978
ISBN: 0-8398-2452-1
Introduction by: Michael T. Marsden
Includes 10 photos from the movie.
Cover art by: Frederick Remington
Binding: Hardback with dustjacket
 
Bantam Books
"Special 30th Anniversary Edition"
April 1983
A first printing will have the number line
0987654321 on the bottom of copyright page.
Published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
New Introduction by Louis L'Amour.
ISBN: 0-553-05033-8 (hardback)
ISBN: 0-553-23087-5 (paperback)
Cover art by: Lou Glanzman
 
Book-of-the-Month Club
Copyright page states:
"This edition was especially created in 2003 for Book-of-the-Month Club by arrangement with Bantam Books".
ISBN: 1-58288-063-8
Cover art by: James Dwyer (same cover art as the original 1953 first edition)
Binding: Hardback with dustjacket
 
Bantam Books
"The Louis L'Amour Legacy Editions"
May, 2004
A first printing will have the number line
10987654321 on the bottom of copyright page.
ISBN: 0-553-80299-2
Cover art by: Gregory Manchess
Binding: Hardback with dustjacket

Notes:
 
Hondo is based on the 1952 short story "THE GIFT OF COCHISE" published in Collier's magazine July 5th, 1952.
 
Filmed as the movie "Hondo" in 1953 starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page.
 
Filmed as the ABC television series "Hondo" in 1967 starring Ralph Taeger.

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"Special 30th Anniversary Edition" 1983

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Gold Medal Book #347, 1st edition 1953

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Gold Medal Book #37 (British) 1st U.K. edition 1953

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Gold Medal Book #905 reprint 1959

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Coronet Books #F104 (British) reprint 1966

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First British Hardback Edition 1973

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"The Louis L'Amour Legacy Edition" 2004