Document, signed ("Owen Wister"), being an agreement between Paramount and Wister
- 2 pp., docketed
- Philadelphia , 1929
Philadelphia, 1929. 2 pp., docketed. Tan wrappers bound with brass brads, with title typed on upper wrapper, and file stamp of “Paramount Famous Lasky Corp” on upper cover, docketed by Paramount, light creasing and toning. 2 pp., docketed. Wister sells the motion picture rights to THE VIRGINIAN to Paramount, who filmed it the following year with Gary Cooper in the lead. THE VIRGINIAN is considered the first cowboy novel.