L.J. Davis Cowboys Don't Cry First Edition and 7 similar items

COWBOYS DON'T CRY by L. [Lawrence] J. [James] Davis. New York: The Viking Press, (1969). First edition, first printing. "First published in 1969 by The Viking Press, Inc." statement to the copyright page, $5.75 and date code 0669 to the jacket's flap. The Guggenheim Fellowship author's second novel is a cultural dark comedy set in a well depicted old Brooklyn, rich with tough-street culture and characters including a junkie boyfriend, pot-smoking doctor's daughter, a blood bank quack, an imposter Black cop, some private detectives, etc. Fine in red-salmon linen over slate-brown boards with bright yellow and black embossed titles to spine, deckle page fore-edges; in a fine dust jacket with atmospheric city art by Appelbaum Curtis. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION FICTION BOOKS THANKS!