Mexican Tree Duck

The Mexican Tree Duck (1993) is a hardboiled mystery novel by James Crumley, one of the finest crime writers of his generation. The novel follows Crumley's recurring private investigator C.W. Sughrue on a case that ranges across the American West with characteristic energy and dark humor. First edition, Mysterious Press. Signed and inscribed by Crumley on the title page: "For Mika Babcock / Best wishes / Jim Crumley / '93." A short handwritten note from Crumley is also laid in: "Mika / Sorry to take so long / but it's been complicated / down here. / Take Care, / Jim Crumley."

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. ISBN: 0892963913. #10048.
Fine in dust jacket with signed letter laid in.