In a Narrow Grave
Austin, TX: The Encino Press, 1968.
First edition, first printing, first issue with "skycrapers" for "skyscrapers" on page 105. Signed by Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth stamped in black with paper title label to spine printed in black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, former owner gift inscription and bookplate to front pastedown. In a Near Fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket with errors "wtith" and "head" on the front flap; light soiling and light wear. While rumors abound about how few copies with these errors escaped into public hands, some placing the amount between 12-15 copies, the actual number seems to be somewhat higher, as is usually the case when similar claims of scarcity are made within the rare book world. McMurtry's first non-fiction book, an homage to the past and present of the Lone Star State, where he grew up a precociously observant hand on his father's ranch. Item #140944770
Price: $9,500