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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. EXLEY, Frederick (1929-1992). A Fan’s Notes. New York, et al: Harper & Row, [1968].
8vo. Original purple cloth-backed boards, black top stain; original unclipped dust jacket. 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, REVIEW COPY, OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK with publisher’s slip laid in. McMurtry once quoted Exley as being the “American Dante” which Exley was pleased to read: “You like to think someone out there knows what you’re up to. But it’s not worth spelling out. To keep writing year after year, you must assume there are readers out there who understand the work”.