The Sixties Catalogue

T h e S I X T I E S 52 “He Swore Off Beer Drinking Forever, But His Forevers Usually Just Lasted About A Week” 50. MCMURTRY, Larry. Leaving Cheyenne. New York, Evanston and London, 1963. Octavo, original beige cloth, dust jacket. $4200. Click for more info First edition of McMurtry’s second novel, signed by him. Expanded from a short story published the previous year, McMurtry’s second novel prompted the New York Times to declare, “If Chaucer were a Texan writing today, and only 27 years old, this is how he would have written and this is how he would have felt.” First printing, with code “H-N” on copyright page. Book fine. Some toning to spine of bright, price-clipped dust jacket with residue from later price sticker on front flap. An about-fine signed copy. “McMurtry is… a powerful storyteller with a grip on his landscape.” —Kirkus