THE COMPLETE WESTERN STORIES.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, part-matt/part glossy,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy yellow-lettered name,capitalised,glossy,white-lettered title and capitalised,glossy,black-lettered strap line respectively to front of dw/d; spine/backstrip with thumbnail colour photographic illustration detail from front,to head of same and similarly coloured+lettered author's name and title as the front's and publisher's black-lettered,initialled name/colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' (4) b/w lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with faint,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents generally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with exception of half-title,title and Contents pages,recto+verso, similarly affected with very faint and very minimal sporadic spotting,and to the rear,last 4ppand 2pp blanks similarly affected,but remainder of text body bright and clean – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate,repeated montage'd,multiple,thumbnail contempraneous 'pulp' magazine covers' colour illustrations facsimile reproductions illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xiipp+2-528pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,A Conversation with Elmore Leonard,30 Western stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's other fiction titles listed to its reverse,title page,a b/w map [Arizona Territory 1880s],and to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is also in a near exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults.

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