Butcher's Crossing, John Williams
First edition, first printing of William's second novel, "perhaps the first and best revisionist western" (New York Times Book Review).
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. Publisher's original grey cloth over red cloth spine, lettered in silver; pp. (vi), 239. An about near fine copy in a good dust jacket. Binding remains firm, a bit over opened halfway through, minor wear to board extremities. Owner's information inked out on the front pastedown, pages toned, else internally clean and fine. Jacket shows some general shelfwear, minor chipping to extremities with a few closed tears, dampstaining along the top of both panels and flaps. The price is intact with the front flap corners clipped, as is commonly found. Protected in archival mylar.