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HOW THE WEST WAS WON

How the West Was Won
 
Corgi Books (British)
Stock #GW1255
1962
Cover art by: unknown
Cover price: 3/6 net
Based on the Screenplay written by James R. Webb
NOTE: The British edition from 1962 is the true first edition.

Reprints
 
Bantam Books
Stock #A2548
March, 1963
Cover art by: unknown
Cover price: 50 cents
Note: This is the first American edition.

Note: The movie "How the West Was Won" was released in 1962 starring Carrol Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark and narrated by Spencer Tracy. L'Amour's book is a novelization of the movie.

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TRUE FIRST EDITION Corgi Books 1962 (British)

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1st American edition Bantam Books 1963