Paraguayan Interlude [Larry Mcmurtry] C. W. Thurlow Craig Biography/Memoir,Larry Mcmurtry Collection,Travel/Exploration

C. W. Thurlow Craig. Paraguayan Interlude. New York: Frederick Stokes Co., 1935. First edition. Octavo. 319pp. Illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original pictorial dust jacket. Legendary adventurer Charles William Thurlow Craig, a Welshman and Royal Navy veteran, left England in 1922 for South America, where he successfully pursued an extraordinary life as a gaucho, cattleman, war revolutionary, and notorious lothario, later becoming a bestselling author. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. . Spine slightly creased and leaning; extremities gently rubbed; light offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; price-clipped jacket slightly sunned, creased, and toned, reinforced with brown paper to verso. Very good. LMM-204