Mcmurtry Douglas (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by author on first fly. Red cloth boards, gilt titling on cover and spine. Solid binding, light edgewear. Unmarked. ; Signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. inscribed on fly page to Mrs. Guthrie, My compliments, Ruth Douglas McMurtry 2/23/83. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [vi], 7-11. This small volume by Douglas Crawford McMurtry (1888-1944) discusses the first example of a printed document in British Columbia. McMurtry was a well-known American creator and historian of typefaces. He served as the printing manager for the Colombia University Press Printing Office, the Arbor Press, and Conde Nast Press, as well as being involved established the formatting style of the New Yorker. He was a founder of the Continental Type Founders Association, which imported types from Europe, and at one point served as the editor for Ars Typographica magazine. He also produced a number of scholarly studies of print technology, of which this work is an example. He was particular interested in studying the earliest examples of presses. This volume was privately printed in 1931 and only 250 copies were made. It was reprinted from the December 1930 issue of the Printing Review of Canada. This copy is in very good condition. There is some fading and chipping to the paper wrappers, but internally it is in excellent condition.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Single folio sheet, folded once to make 4pp. Moderate soiling and edgewear, thus very good.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First separate edition. Quarto. 12pp. Stapled self-wrappers. Just a bit of wear and soil along the edges, near fine.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Close to fine in stapled pictorial printed wrappers. (Trace of mild shelf-wear at edges. ) First appearance of Larry McMurtry's early and significant essay "Cowboys, Movies, Myths and Cadillacs." (5pp. ) The subject is focused on the film adaptation ('Hud') of his first novel "Horseman, Pass By." Uncommon.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages. …

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film, here under the working title "Hud Bannon," showing director Martin Ritt on a camera crane. Based on Larry McMurty's 1961 novel "Horseman, Pass By." The arrogant, selfish son of a rancher sinks into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car accident, gradually leading to conflict with his hardworking father. Set and shot on location in Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned.…

dj. First Edition. Huang Xiao-Yi (Douglas Milburn). Houston: Texas Chapbook Press, 1992. Limited edition, No. 10 of 25 numbered copies. Octavo. 62pp. Staplebound, softcover paper wraps. With photocopy of TLS from Doug Milburn to Larry McMurtry laid-in. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. . Extremities gently bumped and rubbed, else fine. LMM-282.…