The Desert Rose
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0491030541
- ISBN 13
- 9780491030540
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: W. H. Allen, 1985. First British edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The British edition of this novel about a Las Vegas showgirl. In his memoir Literary Life, McMurtry said he wrote this novel "in twenty-two days" and that the book "seemed to flow out of me as rapidly as I could type. The Desert Rose was supposed to have been a screenplay, but, to my intense relief, it came out as a novel. I had hardly written a sentence I liked for eight years: to actually enjoy my own prose again was a big, big deal" (p. 91).
254 pages. First British edition (stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Pages tanning as usual. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Tom, Larry McMurtry." This UK edition is uncommon signed.
254 pages. First British edition (stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Pages tanning as usual. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Tom, Larry McMurtry." This UK edition is uncommon signed.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 344576
- Title
- The Desert Rose
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British edition
- ISBN 10
- 0491030541
- ISBN 13
- 9780491030540
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- mf33
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION;
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