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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835–1910). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
8vo. Wood–engraved plates and numerous wood–engraved illustrations in text. Original brown decorated cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in black and gilt (spine ends gently frayed). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (his bookplate, which he designed, features the horseshoe-shaped brand his father and grandfather used on the McMurtry cattle), from his personal library at his home in Archer City.
FIRST EDITION, second state. BAL 3411.