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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. RHYS, Jean (1890-1979). Voyage in the Dark. London: Constable & Co. Ltd, [1934].
8vo. Original blue-grey cloth (a touch of sunned at head, light spotting to text block, spine slightly rolled). Original unclipped dust jacket (light chipping at extreme ends, spine gently sunned, few discreet tape repairs at extreme ends verso). 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 of this portrayal of the isolation of women in the modern world that is now regarded as an “undiscovered” feminist classic.