The Power of the Dog by Savage, Thomas - 1967

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 276pp. Stated first edition. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with original price of $5.95 to front flap, crossed out in ink with another price marked in. Two small tears to top edge of front panel, foxing to all panels, heaviest to spine. Bound in full orange cloth over boards, with spine lettered in black and publisher's device in blind to upper board. Mild edgewear to binding. Bump to fore-edge, with tiny closed tear to margin of some pages. Old inked price to front free endpaper. Binding is firm, sound, and square. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable first printing in dust jacket of this 1967 Western novel by Thomas Savage (1915-2003), soon to be a major Netflix film by Jane Campion starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons.

ABOUT THE POWER OF THE DOG:
Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain. Set in 1920s Montana, this compelling domestic drama tells the story of two brothers -- and of the woman and young boy, mother and son, whose arrival on the brothers' ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel's startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage's voice -- and the intense passion and cruelty of his characters -- holds readers in thrall. (publisher, later edition).