The Hawkline Monster
first edition
1974 · New York
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board with a prior owner's name on the 2nd FEP. In a fine dust jacket. Sub-titled: "A Gothic Western". It was considered a "cross-genre" novel and written near the close of his life as a writer. Brautigan divided his time in the 70's between his homes in Bolinas, California and his ranch in Montana. He died at his home in California by his own hand. (Inventory #: TB06775)