About this title: Miller wrote this screenplay as a vehicle for his wife, Marilyn Monroe, a present for her after a miscarriage. In the drama, three cowboys are rounding up mustangs which are too small for riding, and therefore will be slaughtered for dog food--these horses are called "misfits". The cowboys use, instead of horses and lassos in the Western days of ...
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Edition: Stated First printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1961
Description: Used: Fair. The Misfits by Miller, Arthur, Published by Dell 1961, Paperback Stated First printing-Stated First Printing. Book has extensive external wear, previous owner signature, highlighting and notes. A reading/reference copy. read more
Edition: 2nd printing (1st printing was January 1961 followed quickly by
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1961
Description: With 8 pages of photographs from the film in the centerpiece. Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. read more
Description: Fair+ Dell, F115, 1961, with 8 pages of photographs "Three outmoded cowboys in the modern West, drifters, afraid of wages, making their way by shooting eagles, riding in rodeos, hunting mustangs… And a beautiful divorcee with a child's wonder and a woman's love, who brings the challenge of life to their vanishing world. " read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Light shelf and edge wear. Minor creasing. Solid copy with tight binding and clean pages. read more
Edition: 1st Dell printing, January 1961.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Movie Tie-in with 8 pages of black & white photos: Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift; Seven Arts Production directed by John Huston. Story of outmoded cowboys in the "modern" west and a beautiful divorcee "with a child's wonder and a woman's love". read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Books, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (021106) 1st Mass market paperback edition is in VG+/Fine condition with back cov crease bottom left cornr, light wear at spin corners. 132 p. 18 cm. Dell Books #%115; contains b&w scenes from the movies; Written as a guide to the director and the artists in the making of the 1961 motion picture. "A story conceived as a film"--Author's note. Based on the short story published in Esquire in 1957. Cf. Arthur Miller / R. Hayman. 1972. P. 84. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell Books, NY
Date Published: 1961
Description: Near-Fine/Fine. Dell # F115. Movie Tie-In with 8 pages of stills from the film, starring MARILYN MONROE and CLARK GABLE. Light page-tanning and toning to edges of cover-versos, still A BEAUTIFUL COPY and SCARCE THUS! [NOTE: Any book listed as a First Edition will also ALWAYS be a 1st Printing. ] read more
Description: (NY): A Dell Book, (1961). First Dell edition, issued as Dell book F115. Mass-market paperback. A movie tie in edition with eight pages of photographs from the film. Cover photos of Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Eli Wallach, and Montgomery Clift. Creasing at the spine. Owner's name, front hinge weak. Laid in is a clipped review of the book by William Root. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell Publishing 1961
Date Published: 1961
Description: ISBN. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing. Bookplate on the front inside cover, otherwise a Tight sound unmarked copy in very good condition. Marilyn Monroe movie edition with Photo cover and section of black and white photos in the center of book. A nice clean copy. Dell Book #F115. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell F115, U.S.
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good. Tight copy with a light spine lean and a 2" crease along spine on front cover. Small dent on back cover, otherwise covers show light wear. Movie tie in edition with Marilyn Munroe and Clark Gable photo covers. Includes 8 pages of interior photos from the film. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1961
Description: Paperback. First Printing. Very Good Condition. Black and White photo section inside from the motion picture with Marilyn Monroe. read more
"Miller writes lovingly about the frailty and humanity of his wife, MM. Too bad that the marriage was over before they could finish the film. He goes on to find love and happiness while MM od's soon afterward. Very sad."
""Here's to Nevada, the 'leave it' state. You got money to gamble? Leave it here. A wife you wanna get rid of? Get rid of her here. Extra atom bomb you don't need? Blow it up here. Nobody will mind in the slightest. The slogan of Nevada is, 'Anything goes, but don't complain if it went.'""
"I've actually never read any of his plays, but I really enjoyed his short stories. Very honest, sad and engaging- (almost) everything you can expect from good literature."
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