Yellowstone Kelly / Clay Fisher
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L063082
A very good copy with slight fraying to head and foot of spine; slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth over boards; chiefly to edges); previous owner's ink signature on front free endpaper; browning to few preliminary pages (from newsprint); slight internal browning to edges. [8], 246 pages. Narrative 'based upon the memoirs of a remarkable old man ... as told herein is fictional romance, not factual biography' (page [7] of preliminaries); dedicated 'for my friend John Martin Askey'. Boldly signed and dated by Fisher (as 'Clay Fisher') in red ink on dedication page, June 4, 1957; dedicatee's black ink signature on front free endpaper. With additional article 'With Kitty Gone, Will the Guns Fall Silent?' (signed 'Will Henry'; unidentified newspaper source) taped to verso of dedication page. Both 'Clay Fisher' and 'Will Henry' are pseudonyms of the American writer William Henry Allen. Well-enough preserved copy with an unique designation.
Price: $250.00