Description
Signed first edition of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, from the Christopher Clark Geest Collection.
Octavo, 843pp. Black hardcover, blue cloth spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Light rubbing to outer edge of text block, a near fine example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $18.95 retail price, faint shelf wear, a near fine example.
This copy is signed by Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper: “For Christopher – I hope you enjoy this multitude of Cowboys – Larry McMurtry.”
This novel by Larry McMurtry won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1986. It was adapted into a television miniseries in 1989, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall. The success of Lonesome Dove led to sequels, including Streets of Laredo (1993), Dead Man’s Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997).
