Close Range. Signed by Annie Proulx. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Scribner. New York, 1999.

Annie Proulx is a celebrated American author whose novels and short stories rank among the best of the last 50 years. Her novel, The Shipping News, won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. Her short story collection, Close Range, was also a major critical success. It contains eleven stories set in rural Wyoming. Among them is one of the most famous works of short fiction from the decade: “Brokeback Mountain”, a love story about two gay ranchers who carry on their affair in secret for decades. The story was adapted to the award-winning film of the same name. This first trade edition of Close Range was illustrated by William Matthews, an artist renowned for his watercolor depictions of the American West. It contains some of Matthews’ greatest work.

This first trade edition, first printing is signed Proulx on the title page. It is in fine condition. In the original quarter cloth, fine. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, fine. Preceded only by the signed limited first edition of only 150 copies.

A fine signed first trade edition of Close Range.