Praise to the End!
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] Theodore Roethke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Boards slightly soiled, toning and light foxing throughout, dust jacket toned and chipped with a 1/2" closed tear. Very good. LM
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Boards slightly soiled, toning and light foxing throughout, dust jacket toned and chipped with a 1/2" closed tear. Very good. LMM-175.
Theodore Roethke. Praise to the End! Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1951. First edition.
Pencil signed by Larry McMurtry to first blank.
Octavo. 89pp. Gray half cloth over black hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to the spine, original unclipped dust jacket showing retail price of $3.00.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175
- Title
- Praise to the End!
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] Theodore Roethke
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards slightly soiled, toning and light foxing throughout, dust jacket toned and chipped with a 1/2" closed tear. Very good. LM
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Poetry
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Addison, Texas
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