It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo

New York: Frank Hallman, 1974 Limited first edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by McMurtry, this being number 126. Publisher's gray paper-covered boards, book designed, printed, and bound by Noel Young, with front board and spine lettered in red, and red endpapers. Near fine, with a light mark to front board, and a bit of soiling to top right corner of front board. Overall, a crisp copy. It's Always We Rambled opens with Larry McMurtry recounting his deflating experience at a Madison Square Garden rodeo (he calls it, "A sad little dribble of a show, pathetic in its relation to its own history and more pathetic still in its constant obsequiousness toward the hostile culture that engulfed it"). This leads into a meditation on the history and cultural significance of the rodeo. Larry McMurtry is arguably the greatest western writer of all time, penning works like Horseman, Pass By (1962) and The Last Picture Show (1966). His epic novel of the Old West, Lonesome Dove (1985), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1986. When asked his favorite book, Stephen King said, "Probably, if I had to pick anything, I would say Lonesome Dove." . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.