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In A Narrow Grave; Essays on Texas
de McMurtry, Larry
- Usado
- near fine
- First
- Estado
- Near fine/near fine
- Librería
-
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Austin: Encino Press, 1968. First Edition, Second State. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of In A Narrow Grave by Larry McMurtry.. Octavo, xviii, 177pp. Yellow cloth, title on paper label on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Contains the corrected "skyscrapers" on page 105. Solid text block, faint toning to back cover, a near fine example. In publisher's first state dust jacket, with $7.50 retail price and two misspellings on front flap (wtih for with, head for heard). A touch of chipping to corners and spine, small stain to spine, a near fine example.
Sinopsis
Writing with characteristic grace and wit, Larry McMurtry tackles the full spectrum of his favorite themes -- from sex, literature, and cowboys to rodeos, small-town folk, and big-city slickers. First published in 1968, In a Narrow Grave is the classic statement of what it means to come from Texas. In these essays, McMurtry opens a window into the past and present of America's largest state. In his own words: "Before I was out of high school, I realized I was witnessing the dying of a way of life -- the rural, pastoral way of life. In the Southwest the best energies were no longer to be found on the homeplace, or in the small towns; the cities required these energies and the cities bought them...." "I recognized, too, that the no-longer-open but still spacious range on which my ranching family had made its livelihood...would not produce a livelihood for me or for my siblings and their kind....The myth of the cowboy grew purer every year because there were so few actual cowboys left to contradict it...." "I had actually been living in cities for fourteen years when I pulled together these essays; intellectually I had been a city boy, but imaginatively, I was still trudging up the dusty path that led out of the country...."
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Detalles
- Librería
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 12233
- Título
- In A Narrow Grave; Essays on Texas
- Autor
- McMurtry, Larry
- Ilustrador
- First edition of In A Narrow Grave by Larry McMurtry.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- near fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, Second State
- Editorial
- Encino Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Austin
- Fecha de publicación
- 1968
- Palabras clave
- first edition The Last Picture Show, first edition Larry McMurtry, the last picture show, terms of endearment, lonesome dove, signed book Larry McMurtry, lonesome dove saga
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Second State
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- Fine
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- Copyright page
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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