First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 234 x 156 mm). [1]- 843 pp.

First edition. Black cloth back-strip over black paper boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Yellow endpapers. In dust jacket. Jacket is not price-clipped. Slight soiling to bottom of text block. A fine copy.

"A love story, an adventure, an American epic, Lonesome Dove embraces all the West-Legend and fact, heros and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers-in a novel that recreates the central American experience, the most enduring of our national myths." (from the front flap)

HBS # 65794 $450