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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. KEROUAC, Jack (1922-1969). The Subterraneans. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1958].
8vo. Original line stamped in brown; ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET (some minor edgewear, else fine). 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.
Second printing, in the RARE DUST JACKET. A semi-fictional account of Kerouac’s short romance with Alene Lee (1931–1991), an African American woman from Greenwich Village. [With:] a first paperback edition in original wrappers with McMurtry’s ownership signature dated 1958 when he was just 22 years old. Charters A3a,b.