Larry McMurtry, Booked Up

Larry McMurtry was most widely known as an accomplished author, but his involvement in the literary field began when he started scouting rare books in the 1950s and 1960s. Even during his career as a writer and professor, he taught English and creative writing at Rice University, Larry continued his involvement in the rare book trade and opened up his own shop, Booked Up, in 1970. Larry was a member of the ABAA in 1974 until 1993.
Larry was the author of numerous novels and essays and penned several screenplays, including 'Brokeback Mountain' for which he won an Academy Award. His novel 'Lonesome Dove' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1986.
Booked Up operated out of Archer City, TX and specialized in Literature, Travel, First Editions, and General Antiquarian books.

[@metubegirl01]

I fell in love with your writing in 1966. You are one of the few authors I have devoted an entire shelf in my personal library. I struggled through the last chapter of Terms of Endearment having to stop every paragraph or two ugly crying, upon finishing it I realized how masterful you truly are. RIP

[@charlespeterson3798]

My son, who moved to The U.S recently, is writing in English, his second language, I've given him Nabokov, Fitzgerald, Hemingway et.al., but I think the most valuable novel has been Zeke and Ned, by McMurtry and Ossana, a roiling rock and roll novel of Americana that is humble, comic, and ultimately a better intro to what a novel should be, chock full of life, wisdom and a portrait of a moment, of a people, of a place. Recommended!

[@judithlowry8082]

I sell books and native wildflower seeds, while writing "on the side." We make obscure books relevant to our subject matter available as long as possible, sometimes buying them from the author's descendants or old friends. As long as they are there, we'll keep selling them. There are always a few left.

[@punkrachmaninoff]

Thanks for making Joe Bell, Larry. 💐

[@grantwallace1882]

RIP, dude

[@ABAA49]

A recent interview with Larry McMurtry in The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/larry-mcmurtry-by-the-book.html?_r=1

[@peggysemingson]

+Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America Thank you for sharing this! I just visited Booked Up in Archer City! :)

[@cliffworks748]

love his work but his speech delivery painful to listen to

[@brianbrinkman7964]

As intelligent as his words are, he seems too sick to even be interviewed. I would be interested in the story of his health.

[@jimtreebob2096]

Brian Brinkman he’s been like that for decades. He just always gives off the impression of being on the brink of death.

[@mith2946]

And still alive. By God Woodrow

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

He will live on 7 more years.

[@MetFansince]

Didn't Saul Bellow win a Nobel Prize in Literature? He's minor?

[@justinsmith700]

How many people do you think you've met that have actually read one of his books? He's just referring to the changing culture, not the writer.

[@adamhughes4442]

Great writer, boring talker!