Pretty Boy Floyd.
by McMurtry, Larry and Diana Ossana
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition of McMurtry and Ossana's first collaborative novel, a semi-fictional biography of American bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Larry McMurtry on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Set in the heart of America, Pretty Boy Floyd is at once a richly comic masterpiece and an American tragedy about the price of fame, the corruption of innocence, and the fatal consequences of becoming a hero. Reminiscent of McMurtry's own The Last Picture Show and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, the work is the brilliant debut of a remarkable writing partnership.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95120
- Title
- Pretty Boy Floyd.
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry and Diana Ossana
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Larry McMurtry First Edition, Pretty Boy Floyd First Edition
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...