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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. O’CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964). Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1952].
8vo. Original yellow buckram; original unclipped dust jacket (chipping near head, three small tape repairs at verso edge). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (his bookplate, which he designed, features the horseshoe-shaped brand his father and grandfather used on the McMurtry cattle; and his neat ownership signature dated 1965), from his personal library at his home in Archer City.
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S RARE FIRST BOOK. McMurtry has cited Flannery O’Connor as one of his major influences (see Vila, Looking West with Larry McMurtry, 8 June 2021).