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McMurtry, Larry.  The Last Picture Show. New York: the Dial Press, 1966, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket--Melville, Herman. Moby Dick or the Whale. New York: Random House, 1930, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, original black cloth decorated in silver, illustrated dust-jacket, A FINE COPY--Wallant, Edward Lewis. The Pawnbroker. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1961, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket--Schulberg, Budd. The Harder they Fall. New York: Random House, 1947, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket; 8vo (4)

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