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Synopsis
Based on incidents that took place in the southwestern United States and Mexico around 1850, this novel chronicles the crimes of a band of desperados, with a particular focus on one, "the kid," a boy of fourteen
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"The men as they rode turned black in the sun from the blood on their clothes and their faces and then paled slowly in the rising dust until they assumed once more the color of the land through which they passed." If what we call "horror" can be seen as including any literature that has dark, horrific subject matter, then Blood Meridian is, in this reviewer's estimation, the best horror novel ever written. It's a perverse, picaresque Western about bounty hunters for Indian scalps near the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s--a ragged caravan of indiscriminate killers led by an unforgettable human monster called "The Judge." Imagine the imagery of Sam Peckinpah and Heironymus Bosch as written by William Faulkner, and you'll have just an inkling of this novel's power. From the opening scenes about a 14-year-old Tennessee boy who joins the band of hunters to the extraordinary, mythic ending, this is an American classic about extreme violence.
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"The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner," writes esteemed literary scholar Harold Bloom in his Introduction to the Modern Library edition. "I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable."
Cormac McCarthy's masterwork, Blood Meridian, chronicles the brutal world of the Texas-Mexico borderlands in the mid-nineteenth century. Its wounded hero, the teenage Kid, must confront the extraordinary violence of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians and sell those scalps. Loosely based on fact, the novel represents a genius vision of the historical West, one so fiercely realized that since its initial publication in 1985 the canon of American literature has welcomed Blood Meridian to its shelf.
"A classic American novel of regeneration through violence," declares Michael Herr. "McCarthy can only be compared to our greatest writers."
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 039454482X
- ISBN 13 9780394544823
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages327
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. Red boards in red cloth back. Slight lean to spine, trivial edgewear and very light spotting on edges. Binding is unusually firm and tight; the copy is likely unread. Very clean internally. Jacket is bright, not clipped and has extremely faint chipping (no paper loss) along edges. Wrapped for preservation. Seller Inventory # 318051
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. An epic novel of frontier violence along the U.S.-Mexico border that culminates in the April 23, 1850 Yuma Crossing Massacre. An American writer in the Southern gothic tradition whose novels about wayward characters in the rural American Southwest are noted for their dark violence and dense prose, McCarthy (1933-2023) is perhaps best known for his Border Trilogy, which includes the National Book Award-winning novel All the Pretty Horses (1992). Octavo. [ix], 337 pp. Original red paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine with gilt-stamped titles and red-stamped borders. Faint smudge to the fore-edge. The dust jacket is moderately sun faded along the spine, with a bit of minor edgewear; otherwise very good. Seller Inventory # 78291
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "First Edition" stated with appropriate number line for Random House Publishers at that date ending in 2 - First Edition stated being the 1st printing indicator, very light soiling/dusting to edges of text block - thin 1/4" long split of paper covering to bottom corner of rear board, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear with - 1/4" tear to top right edge of front panel at fold to flap - 1/4" tear to top left edge and 3/16" tear to top right edge of rear panel - tiny chips worn to bottom of folds to spine - 1" and 17/8" creases to bottom corner of front flap - original price intact. Seller Inventory # FTR-5317-A
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Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); [x],337pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $17.95 price intact; boards in red paper and darker red cloth with gilt lettering and red foil rules to spine. Dust jacket toned and lightly creased along edges; small chip to top of spine and bottom and very short closed tear to base. Light wear to edges of boards; general rubbing and a few stains and smudges. Mild lean to boards but binding is sound. Stain to fore-edge of text block, briefly affecting margins of preliminaries, else interior unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of McCarthy's fifth novel, a horrifying anti-Western generally regarded as his magnum opus. Seller Inventory # 32461
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Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West
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8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. 337pp. Stated first edition with correct number line. Maroon boards with darker maroon cloth spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Textblock has slightest cant, pointed corners. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, small impression on back board, foxing on textblock edges; moderate+ jacketwear, jacket edge and cornerwear, small edge tears, light blush on flaps, foxing on inner head, shallow impressions on jacket back. Seller Inventory # 103640
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words First Edition and correct number line printed on the copyright page. Excellent, unread copy of McCarthy s masterpiece, the fifth novel by the unrivaled Pulitzer Prize-winning author. The book block has 2 minor issues: on interior front pastedown, in lower right side is some scuffing (1 x ½ ); and a fairly light water stain(?) on the back board (see photo). Otherwise, the interior is like new, with no writing or marks, and the corners are square, the binding is tight and boards are crisp. No remainder mark. The two bottom corners of the jacket are chipped (see photo) and a very tiny tear at top of front jacket, and lastly, a 2 almost imperceptible crease at the right bottom of the front flap. Otherwise, the jacket is fine with vibrant colors. The corners of the jacket are perfectly square. Blood Meridian (1985) was among Time Magazine's poll of 100 best English-language books published between 1925 and 2005. Seller Inventory # gt447
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Certain events which took place in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in 1849 and 1850 provide the framework of the author's fifth book. Blood Meridian can thus be called a historical novel, but it will never be referred to as a Romance of the Old West. Upper board corners lightly bumped. Slight foxing to top of textblock. Dust jacket has a few small tears. No remainder mark. Seller Inventory # 009778
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A First Edition, First Printing. Near fine and appears unread in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Except for a remainder mark on the top edge, volume is without flaw. Jacket has just a trifle of shelf wear along the rear panel bottom edge. Seller Inventory # 9189
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Near Fine mylar protected dust jacket. First Printing/First Edition of this Modern American Classic. With the number line down to "2" on the copyright page which was common practice by Random House at the time to denote a First Printing. The book is Very Good with some light stains to the top of the front and rear boards (see photos). The gilt authors name and publisher's name on the spine are slightly faded. The text is clean and fresh without markings, underlining or marginal notations. The mylar protected dust jacket is Near Fine with just very light shelf wear. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request. Seller Inventory # 120707001
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Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
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ISBN 10: 039454482X
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition (stated), First Printing with numberline to 2 in keeping with RH's methods at the time. Octavo (21.5cm); [x],337pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $17.95 price intact; boards in red paper and darker red cloth with gilt lettering and red foil rules to spine; red remainder mark to bottom of text block. Dust jacket shows light rubbing and surface scratching; chip to top front corner; very short tear to top edge of front panel; mild wear to extremities; vertical crease to length of rear flap. Boards show mild shelfwear with chip here also to top front corner. Binding sound. Remainder mark to bottom edge and interior else unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of McCarthy's fifth novel, a horrifying anti-Western generally regarded as his magnum opus. Seller Inventory # 31108
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