In a Narrow Grave, Essays on Texas by McMurtry, Larry - 1968

New York, NY: A Touchstone Book. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1989. 4th Printing. Trade Size Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pages; Trade Size Soft Cover Paperback, No Dust Jacket, Book Shows Wear, Water Stained, Pages Browning due to age; BX54 .

Touchstone / Simon & Schuster. Good. 1968. Paperback. 0 pages .

Liveright Pub Corp, 2018. Paperback. New. 204 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches.

Austin: Encino Press, 1968. reprint. Hardcover. FINE /fine. SIGNED in brown ink and legible "Lr McMurtry" on the free front endsheet, tan endpapers, 4th printing with the letter C on c.r. page. Price unclipped grey DJ in mylar. Black spine titles on brown cloth. Copy of newspaper clipping with author's photo, extracted from Dec. 8, 1968 Dallas Morning News. A lengthy review by Lon Tinkle. "Though what follows is not a single essay, it is, I believe, continuous. My vision of existence is based almost entirely upon a prolonged scrutiny of West Texas and is probably too dry and flat...the attitude in the following pages belongs to me, not to my subject." - From the author's preface. WHALEY 38. Nice to have this classic in such fine condition as well as signed.

VG. Jacket in mylar, 4th printing.

Austin: Encino Press, 1968. 4th printing with "C" on the copyright page. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For ____________/ with my best / wishes / Larry McMurtry." An early readable, normal full signature. This book distills the classic statement of what it means to come from Texas. Some say this book is the author's best. Dust jacket has the flap price of $7.50. 177 pages. Design by William D. Wittliff.

Austin, TX: The Encino Press. First edition, second state with "skyscrapers" corrected on page 105, line 12. There is a neat inscription on front free endpaper: "To Tom / July 2, 1973" - there is no accompanying signature. First state DJ with front DJ flap showing "wtih" for "with" and "head" for "heard". A great copy. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1968.

Austin: The Encino Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by McMurtry in black marker on the flyleaf. Inscription reads "For Nelson - this book seems to be a bibliographic mystery - best Larry McMurtry." Later McMurtry signature that is more his initials than his full name. Second book Printing with corrected printing errors in the book. First state dust jacket - jacket has the printing error "wtih" instead of "with" and "head" instead of "heard", both on the front flap. Previous owner small name stamp on first free endpaper. Minor soiling to side page edges and covers. Dust jacket has its original price of $7.50. Jacket has some minor soiling. Dust jacket protected in a clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pages; Signed by Author .