Elmore Leonard — The Law at Randado

London, Robert Hale, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of Elmore Leonard's second western novel, about escalating tensions between a naïve sheriff and a wealthy cattle baron. The very scarce first UK edition, first impression.First published in the US in 1955, this first UK edition is considerably more scarce.The second published novel of best selling author Elmore Leonard, in which Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye defends his town against the wealthy cattle baron who believes he is its master.Half title removed.With a fine facsimile dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Two small areas of adhesive residue towards fore edge of front board, with further adhesive residue running along the head and tail of the rear board. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Boards bright. In a fine facsimile dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Lacking half title. Pages bright and generally clean, with light handling marks and spotting to first few leaves. Minor closed tears to fore edge of pages 5-8. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .