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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). The Ambassadors. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1903.
8vo. Original blue boards, gilt-lettered spine (very light sunning to extremities); original cloth dust jacket, gilt-lettered spine (spine gently darkened, very light wear at ends). 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; Reginald H. Johnson (ownership signature).
FIRST EDITION of this particularly handsome copy of James’ last great novel and one of the most significant works to emerge at the turn of the century.