The Sea Of Grass.

CONRAD RICHTER

Publication: Alfred A Knopf, 1937, New York

First edition. One of 250 copies signed by the author on a tipped in sheet and sent with the publisher's best wishes for Christmas and the New Year 1937 to Donald Klopfer. Klopfer , with Bennet Cerf, was one of the founders of Random House. Some light vertical staining to a few pages, as is common with this title. Fine in dust jacket very slightly faded at the spine with some very minor wear at the head of spine. Binding design by W. A. Dwiggins. "Set in New Mexico in the late 19th century, The Sea of Grass concerns the often violent clashes between the pioneering ranchers, whose cattle range freely through the vast sea of grass, and the farmers, or "nesters," who build fences and turn the sod. Against this background is set the triangle of rancher Colonel Jim Brewton, his unstable Eastern wife Lutie, and the ambitious Brice Chamberlain." A superior copy of this Dykes Western High Spot, and basis for the movie of the same name that starred Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

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