Bone Pickers by Dewlen, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper, "Best wishes, Al Dewlen." Fourth printing. Ships same or next business day. Previous owner's return information written on front free endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Moderate edge wear. Small bumps and tears on spine ends. Light wearing on corners. Slight soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Text is clean. No dust jacket. Boards protected in archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A long novel of an oil-rich family in decline in Amarillo, Texas. "The story of the family's descent is a corporate one, mixed with political connivance and a touch of civil rights abuse"?A. C. Greene, The First Best Books on Texas. 408 pages. First edition (stated)? This copy is bound is solid gray cloth-like paper, stamped in white on the spine. It is seemingly identical to another copy I have seen, in a two-part binding of a gray spine and red boards. It's possible that this is some sort of regional book club edition or a remainder binding. About very good (a bit cracked at the outer joints) in a dust jacket with a long tear to the front panel repaired with tape on the back (verso), some loss at the spine ends, and general shelfwear. This copy is inscribed by the author in green ink, "Inscribed to my new friend, Bob Bell, with best regards?Al Dewlen." Bell's address label is affixed to the front pastedown behind the jacket flap. Laid in with this copy is a 1959 letter from Dewlen to the recipient agreeing to sign his book. Somewhat uncommon signed. This copy comes from the collection of the late Tom Garner and it is housed in one of his distinctive black-cloth clamshell boxes.