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WILLEFORD, Charles (1919-1988). A pair of titles, including:
Cockfighter. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1970]. 8vo. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered in metallic red (spine a bit rubbed, minor occasional soiling to binding); original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- Cockfighter Journal. The Story of a Shooting. Santa Barbara: Neville, 1989. 8vo. Illustrated. Original deluxe full black leather binding, front board and spine stamped in gilt. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, letter “S” of 26 lettered copies SIGNED BY JAMES LEE BURKE.
Cockfighter is the basis of the 1974 film starring Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton, and directed by Monte Hellman and produced by Roger Corman.