New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. 1977. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine. DJ: Very Good+; NOT Price Clipped; closed tears to the DJ at the spine head. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 311 pp 8vo. This is the author's third "Richard" novel. This time the period is the 1920s when Richard leaves college to be with his father, the Lieutenant Governor, is ill with TB and moves with his family to Albuquerque and he experiences life on the WZL Ranch with all its different personalities and varieties of love that have an affect on Richard's own perception of love. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005358
Title: The Thin Mountain Air
Author: Paul Horgan (AUTHOR SIGNED)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1977
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Richard Horgan, Tuberculosis, Albuquerque, Ranch life, debauchery, love, passion, murder, sheep ranch, Don Elizario Wenzel, Peter Hurd, Roswell NM
Bookseller catalogs: New Mexico Related;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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