Original hardcover copy of the Westerner, the annual for Lubbock High School, Lubbock, Texas, for 1954, 8.25 x 10.75, 324 pages. Holly is pictured twice in the yearbook, once in his individual junior class picture and again in the school chorus. Also pictured in the yearbook is his performing partner Bob Montgomery, Holly’s high school sweetheart Echo McGuire (’55), and future Crickets drummer Jerry Allison (’56). The book bears multiple signatures and inscriptions to the original owner, but is not signed by Holly. In fine condition, with scattered soiling to covers.
