The Desert Rose [Signed, Numbered]
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 250 copies, bound in purple cloth and issued in a matching slipcase.
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 edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). This is copy 12 of 250 signed by McMurtry. Not issued in a dust jacket. This slipcase for this copy is very good, with some light discoloration to the cloth.
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 edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). This is copy 12 of 250 signed by McMurtry. Not issued in a dust jacket. This slipcase for this copy is very good, with some light discoloration to the cloth.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52898
- Title
- The Desert Rose [Signed, Numbered]
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- mf33
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION; Limited Edition;
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