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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. RIDING, Laura (1901-1991). Progress of Stories. London: The Seizin Press, Deyá Majorca and Constable & Co. Ltd., [1935].
Square 8vo. Original light green cloth (spine and extremities sunned); original price-clipped dust jacket printed in red (spine sunned, front joint and ends with old repairs on 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 rare collection of stories from the American modernist poet published during her time with Robert Graves running the Seizin Press in Spain. Only two copies have appeared at auction since its publication.