Only the Valiant

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Good dj. 1943. 2nd printing. Hardcover. [moderately shelfworn, spine a bit turned, previous owner's signature at top of ffep; jacket is worn with bits of paper loss at most corners, and a previous owner has neatly but rather excessively repaired/reinforced the jacket with clear tape in numerous places]. First novel by a film and radio writer who later achieved great success in television (notably as producer/writer/director on "Gunsmoke" and "Rawhide"). The book, set in the Southwest during the 1870s, is centered around a small army post besieged by Apaches. Filmed in 1951 with Gregory Peck, who held it in rather low regard. Exceedingly scarce in hardcover, for reasons I can't quite fathom. .