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LEONARD**, ELMORE: : THE COMPLETE WESTERN STORIES

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2006.

ISBN 0297848119.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean, part-matt/part glossy,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy yellow-lettered name,capitalised,glossy,white-lettered title and capitalised,glossy,black-lettered strap line respectively to front of dw/d; spine/backstrip with thumbnail colour photographic illustration detail from front,to head of same and similarly coloured+lettered author's name and title as the front's and publisher's black-lettered, initialled name/colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' (4) b/w lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges with faint,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents generally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with exception of half-title,title and Contents pages,recto+verso,similarly affected as top+fore-edges,but to a fainter and a less sporadic degree,as are last 4pp and 2pp blanks to the rear,but remainder of text body bright and clean – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dusky orange cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate,repeated montage'd, multiple,thumbnail contempraneous 'pulp' magazine covers' colour illustrations facsimile reproductions to illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xiipp+2-528pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,A Conversation with Elmore Leonard,30 Western stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's other fiction titles listed to its reverse,title page, a b/w map [Arizona Territory 1880s],and to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is also in a near exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults.  No one is more evocative of the dusty,gutsy hetday of the American West than Elmore Leonard. The Arizona in the 1880s captured his imagination: the Spanish influence,the stand-offs and shoot-outs between Apache Indians and the US cavlry.His first dozen stories sold for 2 cents a word,for $100 each.the rest is history.  This first-ever complete collection of Leonard's thirty Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre,his diehard fans and everyone in between - and makes a terrific study of the launch of a phenomenal career.From his very first story published - 'The Trail of the Apache' - through five decades of classic Western tales,this 'THE COMPLETE WESTERN STORIES' demonstrates again and again the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that has made Leonard one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of our time.  See also my book ID - rja1136724 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn example of 'CAT CHASER.'         Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 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. **

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

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