First edition of this McMurtry classic, adapted into an Oscar-winning film, inscribed by the author to poet Jim Simmerman.
Very good in very good jacket.
Price: $750.00
"'Sweet little me?' Aurora said. 'What's there to be terrified of?'"
Larry McMurtry's Texas-based fiction has spanned many genres, earning critical acclaim across the board; many of his works received Hollywood releases. The TERMS OF ENDEARMENT film was a notably successful example of the transitional appeal of his writing. Starring Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, and Jack Nicholson, it won five Academy Awards and was the second-highest grossing film of 1983.
First printing. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1975). 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original brown cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering. Original unclipped ($9.95) color pictorial dust jacket, designed by Wendell Minor. Brown endpapers. 410 pages. Inscribed by McMurtry on front free endpaper: "For Jim, I think this is my favorite. Larry." Remainder mark on bottom edge. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. Leaves lightly toned to margins, as typical. Sharp.
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