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SOUTHERN**, TERRY: : TEXAS SUMMER - A NOVEL

US.NEW YORK.ARCADE PUBLISHING INC.,/a LITTLE, BROWN COMPANY,1991.

ISBN 1559701501.

US,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Stated First Edition. Complete number line 10 - 1 descending. Published simultaneously in Canada,by Little, Brown & Company (Canada) Ltd.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial artwork by Wendell Minor,illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with capitalised lettered title+author name,a black spine/backstrip with capitalised red+white lettered author+title and publisher's b/w lettered+illustrated colophon,to foot of same,rear panel with  author's b/w portrait photograph and white-lettered potted biography beneath.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Miniscule pushing at head+foot of spine/ backstrip,head of same with minutest of laminate wrinkle/curl.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread, other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered - exception of top two corners minisculely creased - publisher's original pale off-white paper-covered boards with light blue paper blind spine with blocked, capitalised black lettered spine/backstrip,a red+white chequered headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.US,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-174pp [paginated] includes I-XVI (16) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pagesa dedication pagemtitle separator page,and to the rear 4pp blanks.                          Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness.              In Texas during the 1950s,twelve-year-old Harold Stevens spends his summer catfishing and hunting with his closest friend C.K.,a twenty-three-year-old Black man who introduces Harold to Old Nail - an ex-con involved in deadly rituals. Sensitive,understated,'Texas Summer' evokes a time and place with the same clarity and intensity one finds in Hemingway's unforgettable Nick Adams stories.                    Terry Southern (1924-1995) was an American author and screenwriter.His novels - including the bestselling cult classics 'Candy' (1958 - co-authored with Mason Hoffenberg) and 'The Magic Christian' (1959) 'Flash And Filgree'  (1958) see my book ID rja2022 for a UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn - and 'Blue Movie' established him as a literary and pop culture icon. Author of several collections of stories,including 'Red Dirt Marijuana' - the title story of which was the springboard for 'Texas Summer'.              He was also nominated for Academy Awards for his screenplays of Dr. Strangelove (written with Stanley Kubrick and Peter George) and Easy Rider (written with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper).    Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!         N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.   ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations for most of less expensive items can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

US,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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