The Deer Pasture

College Station: Texas A & M University, 1985. First Edition. First printing Fine in brick red cloth covered boards with white and black text on the spine with only a hint of dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing at the lower edge of the spine area and at the upper fore corner of the front panel at the fold to the flap. The author's first book. With illustrations by Elizabeth Hughes, the author's wife. 123 pages of text and black and white sketches. Laid-in is a special promotional brochure from Wardlaw Books (Texas A&M University Press) "announcing a new series (welcoming) the appearance of the first Wardlaw Books: The Deep Pasture by Rick Bass...." and three other titles of the same period of time. (Inventory #: TB21015)