Quick Note:
As a collector and bookseller, this is probably the best piece in my inventory. Of the hundreds of books I've read, this is easily in my top 10 best books I've ever read. The characters are incredible. The humor is on point. Make no mistake, dark, sad stuff happens in this book but it is still very, very funny. LD is simply fantastic. When reading it for the first time, I immediately knew Augustus "Gus" McCrae joined the pantheon of my favorite characters ever in literature, tv, or movies.
Notes on this Edition & Condition: This is a First Edition / 20th Printing / First State - Complete number line, starting with “20”, present on the copyright page as required in order to denote the first printing of the first edition. First state with “none” for “done” on page 621, line 16. Please see images for general shelf wear. The boards are straight. The dust jacket looks great outside of few edges with some wear. There are some light markings. There is mention of the Pulitzer Prize on cover.
Blurb: "A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.
Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember."
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1986)
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (1986)
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1985)
Spur Award for Best Western Novel (1985)
Series:
Lonesome Dove #1