Warlock

New York: Viking, (1958). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 471 pp. Original quarter white cloth over red paper-covered boards, stamped in red, in original unclipped ($4.95) dust-jacket. Edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners - with some light chipping and creasing. Handling and shelf wear very minor - a few scratches, nicks, and a small tape repair. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling wear present. Corners mostly quite sharp. Minimal toning to page edges. Light curling to spine ends. Interior clean and unmarked. Signed by the author in black pen on the title page, with provenance.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Fine

“The story is set in the early 1880s, in a fictional southwestern mining town called Warlock and its vicinity. The novel's characters and many elements of its plot are loosely based on actual people and events from Tombstone, Arizona during the same time period, including Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. West literature. Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine Michelle Latiolais described Warlock as belonging to the "pantheon of western masterpieces" alongside Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and John Williams's Butcher's Crossing.”