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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966). Put Out More Flags. London: Chapman & Hall, [1942].
8vo. Original grey cloth, black top stain (spine gently sunned, small marred spot on front pastedown); original dust jacket (spine gently sunned, some chipping at ends and corners). 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. McMurtry said of Waugh, who he nominated as a model for young writers, in an article with Texas Monthly (September 2010) that he “seldom published an unclear sentence”.