[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. ELIOT, George (pseudonym of EVANS, Mary Ann, 1819-1880). The Writings of... Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. 25 volumes, 8vos. Illustrated. Publisher?s green cloth, front boards stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt (spines toned and occasionally soiled and rubbed, some rubbing, soiling to bindings, some gutters over-opened, each volume with the bookplate of Clara Louisa Houck). WARWICKSHIRE EDITION, presentation copy with publisher?s signed presentation leaf to Clara Louisa Houck. Provenance: Larry McMurtry (his bookplate, which he designed, features the horseshoe-shaped brand his father and grandfather used on the McMurtry cattle - each volume has his bookplate on the front pastedowns), from his personal library at his home in Archer City.