The Old Man's Place [Larry Mcmurtry Collection] John B. Sanford Fiction/Literature,Larry Mcmurtry Collection

John B. Sanford.The Old Man's Place.New York: Albert and Charles Boni, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Inscribed by the author and signed John Sanford on the front free endpaper in 1976. Octavo. 263 pages. Comes with previous catalog slip laid-in naming the recipient as Harry Roux. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in red and black on spine, black top stain. In illustrated dust jacket with listing price $2.50. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. . Light toning and few spots to cloth, top stain faded, small paper lift and corresponding remnant between pages 152 and 153 affecting first four lines of each page; dust jacket with edge and fold wear, edge tears, paper chips, two-inch diagonal tear from head of spine into front panel, paper loss in lower margin of rear panel, several tape repairs on verso of jacket, back panel browned and smudged. A very good presentation copy in a less than ideal jacket. LMM-170