EVANS, Nicholas
The Horse Whisperer
London: Bantam Press, 1995
8vo., maroon publisher’s boards, lettered in gilt to spine with publisher’s device to foot; together in the unclipped photographic dustwrapper (£14.99 to front flap) with a photograph of Montana by Jeff Foott; pp. [xii], 13-348, [iv]; a near-fine copy, spine ends lightly pushed and some faint spotting to the rear endpapers; in the near-fine wrapper just a touch sunned to spine with some light creasing to the head.
First edition of Evans’ debut novel, this copy inscribed by him to the title page: “To Glenys / with best wishes / Nicholas Evans”.
Released to great international acclaim, ‘The Horse Whisperer’ was developed into a 1998 film starring Robert Redford and Scarlet Johansson, and centres around Grace and her horse Pilgrim, who suffer a traumatic accident and enlist the help of Tom Booker in order to repair their lives. Evans later wrote that the character was inspired by real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman, stating that “his skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures. Buck is the Zen master of the horse world."
A lovely copy.
EVANS, Nicholas
The Horse Whisperer
London: Bantam Press, 1995
8vo., maroon publisher’s boards, lettered in gilt to spine with publisher’s device to foot; together in the unclipped photographic dustwrapper (£14.99 to front flap) with a photograph of Montana by Jeff Foott; pp. [xii], 13-348, [iv]; a near-fine copy, spine ends lightly pushed and some faint spotting to the rear endpapers; in the near-fine wrapper just a touch sunned to spine with some light creasing to the head.
First edition of Evans’ debut novel, this copy inscribed by him to the title page: “To Glenys / with best wishes / Nicholas Evans”.
Released to great international acclaim, ‘The Horse Whisperer’ was developed into a 1998 film starring Robert Redford and Scarlet Johansson, and centres around Grace and her horse Pilgrim, who suffer a traumatic accident and enlist the help of Tom Booker in order to repair their lives. Evans later wrote that the character was inspired by real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman, stating that “his skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures. Buck is the Zen master of the horse world."
A lovely copy.
