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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. GADDIS, William (1922-1998). The Recognitions. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1955].
Large 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt-lettered spine; original dust jacket (spine gently sunned, some tiny chipping at ends, light surface soiling). 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; also with McMurtry’s neat ownership signature.
FIRST EDITION of the author’s debut novel which was named as one of Time magazine’s 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005.