Cormac Mccarthy: Signed (250 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Signed. SIGNED BY JAMES DRAKE ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Very Good in Good- unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; Rubbing and creasing to edges and corners of Dust Jacket, now in brodart. Overall, binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING , New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. A FINE book in a FINE Dust Jacket. Housed in a Custom-Made Slipcase also in Fine condition. "First Edition" stated on the Copyright Page, with no later printings present. "5/92" print code on lower back flap. Blue "A" at start of the first paragraph on the DJ interior front flap and five blurbs with one from Publishers Weekly on the back panel. Book appears Unread.The Original Dust Jacket designed by Chip Kidd is Bright and Glossy, no tears, no wear, no fading, not price clipped ($24.00), now protected in a Brodart cover.The Book is in Fine condition with no visible flaws. It has black paper covered boards, quarter bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and on "CM" on the front. The boards show no wear, no bumps. Lettering on the spine and front is bright with no sign of wear. Binding is Tight and Square. Pages are clean, no tears, no folds, no previous owner marks. Not remaindered.The Hard Shell Custom-Made Slipcase is also in Fine condition with no visible flaws.This is a beautiful collectible copy of McCarthy's National Book Award-winning in a unique slipcase. This is the first in his Border Trilogy.Books are Carefully Packed and shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from a Dry, Smoke-Free shop. First Edition, First Printing, in Slipcase. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus, First Printing. FIRST EDITION THUS, (complete number line to 1) New York, The Modern Library, 2002.Scarce 2002 Modern Library First Edition in Fine condition.Dust Jacket is Fine with no wear, no tears, not price clipped ($19.95), now protected in a Brodart cover.The book is Fine, with no visible flaws, no wear, no bumps. Gilt lettering on spine is bright with no wear. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean with no writing or other marks. No remainder mark.This is a beautiful copy of this rare Modern Library first edition.Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from Dry, Smoke-Free shop.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A SIGNED copy of Cormac McCarthy's recently published novel - The Passenger. This book is signed via publisher's tipped in sheet which is a great way to assure the authenticity of the author's signature. Published by Knopf in 2022, this book is in FINE / AS NEW CONDITION and is Unread. A beautiful signed copy w/ the DJ protected in a mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth in Box. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket and Matching Box (As New0.New Publication 1/750 Copies Signed By The Artist Joseph Zbukvic.Gorgeous Copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SIGNED box set of Cormac McCarthy's last books. Unread. Pristine set in matching slipcover . Dust jackets as new. Only un-boxed to inspect signature. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition, signed.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Condition: Fine; Dust Jacket Condition: Hardcover. Two volumes in dustjackets in slipcase. Both volumes are Signed by Cormac McCarthy. Both volumes are First Editions. Condition is Fine in Fine dustjackets. Slipcase is in Very Good condition with a slight bump on top. Photos upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "FIRST EDITION" and "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" stated on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Cormac McCarthy) on the half-title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** Nice hardcover with the original dust jacket. There is NO other writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks.***** It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($22.00).***** CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in NEAR FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. ***** Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. FIRST EDITION. A VERY FINE, CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY IN JACKET/BRODART COVERED. STATED FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED BY CORMAC McCARTHY. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No shelf rubbing or marks to binding. Jacket is not pricd clipped. No tears, no chips to jacket. A Very Nice Copy in like new condition. No media mail shipping, Priority Shipping. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING , London, Chatto & Windus, 1975. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. No printing number stated on the copyright page. The print run was low, reported to be 2,500, and sales were very low, so there were no additional printings. Many were unsold and were remaindered.The book is in excellent condition, clean, no marks, not remaindered. Boards show no wear, no bumps, gilt lettering on spine is bright, no wear. The binding is tight and square. The text edges are very slightly foxed. Pages are clean without toning common to UK books of this age. There is no writing, no bookplate or other sign from a previous owner.The original dust jacket is bright with no fading. It has not been clipped with the publisher's original price of "£2.50 net" on the front flap. There is slight foxing on both front and back flaps. There is a ¼ inch tear and some wrinkling at the top of the rear panel. The jacket is now protected in a Brodart protective cover. The vivid cover art by Graham Palfrey-Rogers warns of the disturbing content of the novel.The book is housed in a custom-made hard-shell slipcase. Both front and back have copies of the dust jacket art and is lined with green felt. It is in Fine condition with only a small bump at the top of the spine.This is a beautiful UK First Edition copy of McCarthy's third novel following Outer Dark and The Orchard Keeper . His early books did not sell well and surviving copies in fine condition are hard to find. This is especially true of the UK edition of this title.Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from a Dry, Smoke-Free shop. A signature will be required for delivery. First Edition, First Printing, in Slipcase.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. CORMAC SIGNED (LTD 1 of 1000 signed copies) first print, first US hardcover edition in mylar protected dust jacket. nf/nf; very tiny & faint mark of some sort on ffep (see last photo) o/w; no marks, not remaindered, not exlib, first edition stated, nap. fiction hardcover. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Printing. First Edition stated. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half title page. The book is tight and square with no marks of any kind. Dustjacket has the $23.00 price present. A beautiful copy. The book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. MCCARTHY, Cormac. Outer Dark. New York: Random House, 1968. First edition, first printing, with "First Printing" stated on the copyright page. Octavo; publisher's blue-gray boards with light blue cloth spine and blue-green top stain; original dust jacket with $4.95 price intact. Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy to "Dr. & Mrs. Frank Rogers." Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book is sound and complete, with a bold, unfaded top stain and only a very slight forward lean. Jacket presents well, retaining its original price, with two small closed tears, some wear to the spine ends, and light handling wear consistent with grade. Note: Outer Dark is McCarthy's second novel, following The Orchard Keeper, and remains one of the scarcest and most atmospheric of his early Random House titles. First-printing copies are identified by the stated "First Printing" and are especially desirable in the original priced jacket. The present copy bearing McCarthy's inscription to Dr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers, is a meaningful addition in a market where signed and inscribed copies of the author's early novels are notably uncommon. Particularly presentation copies from early in McCarthy's career. Dr. Rogers appears to have been a Knoxville dentist as well as a sort of local Knoxville historian. It's not clear whether he was McCarthy's dentist, but it's possible. Importance: Set in an elemental Appalachian landscape and written in the spare, biblical, and hallucinatory idiom that would come to define McCarthy's mature work, Outer Dark occupies a crucial place in the development of one of the major American novelists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Long admired by readers of McCarthy's darker early fiction, the novel has taken on renewed visibility with reports of an impending film adaptation, adding timely cultural interest to its established literary and collectible importance. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited Edition. Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men is a stark meditation on violence, fate, and moral reckoning, played out against the desolate borderlands of Texas and Mexico. At once a relentless thriller and a haunting elegy, it confronts the ties of love, blood, and duty that shape lives—and the brutal forces that unravel them. Published on July 19, 2005, No Country for Old Men is Cormac McCarthy's ninth novel. Upon its publication, the Washington Post called it, "profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered" while the Houston Chronicle hailed McCarthy as "nothing less than our greatest living author… No Country for Old Men is a cause for celebration." The New York Times Book Review raved, "A narrative that rips along like hell on wheels, in a race with the devil on a stage as big as Texas." Time magazine praised the novel as "expertly staged" and claimed, "It feels like a genuine diagnosis of the post-millennial malady, a scary illumination of the oncoming darkness." NUMBERED EDITION 6" x 9" trim size. 288 Pages. Limited to 250 copies. Signed by Joseph Zbukvic. Ten color illustrations by world-renowned and multi-award-winning watercolor artist, Joseph Zbukvic. Full leather binding with the title blind debossed into the leather, across the entire cover using a heated die creating a deep, branded impression that darkens the surface and enhances the natural grain. Leather is a distinctive vegetable-tanned leather from the renowned Badalassi Carlo Tannery in Tuscany, Italy known as "Pueblo." Designed by award-winning designer Jason Dewinetz, the text pages are set in Monotype Garamont and printed letterpress by Scott Vile on his Heidelberg cylinder press in Buxton, Maine on Neenah Cotton paper. The printing includes three passes through the press on the title page spread, and two passes on the half title, title, and chapter numbers. Endsheets are Napura Khepera. Head and tail bands are handmade with leather. Housed in a clamshell enclosure covered in Dubletta cloth with velour lined trays. Fold-out of the Artist edition dust jacket illustration by Joseph Zbukvic is included in this state. Bookmark with all pre-orders. In stock and ready to ship. Enquire directly for PayPal invoicing and discounted shipping. Joseph Zbukvic (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Crossing. Volume Two of The Border Trilogy. First Edition. Signed by Cormac McCarthy. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1994. Hardcover in original black cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards with the original unclipped dust jacket. A beautiful signed first edition of one of Cormac McCarthy's most acclaimed novels and the second volume of his celebrated Border Trilogy. The title page has been signed by McCarthy. Copyright page states First Edition. Book remains in Near Fine condition with a tight, square binding, clean pages, and no writing or markings other than the author's signature. Corners remain sharp with only light evidence of shelving. The original dust jacket is likewise Near Fine with minimal wear and is protected in a removable archival Mylar cover. An increasingly scarce signed McCarthy title, particularly desirable as part of the Border Trilogy and seldom encountered in such attractive condition. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Cities of the Plain. First Edition. Signed by Cormac McCarthy. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998. Hardcover in original paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and the original unclipped dust jacket. A signed first edition of the third and concluding volume of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed Border Trilogy. Signed by McCarthy on the title page. Copyright page states First Edition. Book is in Near Fine condition with a tight, square binding, clean pages, and no ownership marks or writing other than the author's signature. Corners remain sharp with only minimal shelf wear. The original dust jacket is likewise Near Fine with light handling wear and is protected in a removable archival Mylar cover. An increasingly desirable signed McCarthy first edition completing the celebrated Border Trilogy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printings. First Edition stated in all three volumes. Various dates. Each volume signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half title page. A beautiful set with no flaws of the Border Trilogy. The books are tight and square with no marks of any kind. The dustjackets are in perfect condition with all prices present. The books are protected in custom cut clear mylar covers. All books will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Fine in fine jacket. dj. First edition. Signed first printing of McCarthy's brutal modern classic, a beautiful copy. McCarthy's stunning Western started life as a screenplay, was rewritten as a novel, and was ultimately adapted into one of the more stunning Coen brothers films of the last twenty years. Harold Bloom, unable to discern a satisfying moral argument in its wanton coin-flipping, didn't like it, which can only be taken as a glowing recommendation. A pristine copy of this fully realized masterwork of bleakness and pitiless doom. Increasingly uncommon signed. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($24.95) red pictorial dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd. Fore-edge machine deckle. [8], 309, [3] pages. Signed by McCarthy on publisher-issued bound-in sheet. Small postcard loosely laid in from Denver's Tattered Cover Bookstore announcing NO COUNTRY's selection for their Autograph Book Club. A bright and sharp copy. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Cormac McCarthy) on the half-title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** Very nice hardcover with the original dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks.***** It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($21.00).***** CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in VERY FINE (as new) condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. ***** Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. ***** Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, 1985. First edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page to John Rice Irwin. Octavo. 337 pages. Original publisher's quarter cloth over brown boards, gilt lettering to spine. Publisher's dust jacket with $17.95 price present. A NF book in a NF dust jacket. The volume remains clean, tight, and square, with a small scuff to front cover. The interior is unmarked aside from the author's inscription. The dust jacket is bright and unfaded, with modest edge wear and no significant tears or losses; unclipped. A well‑preserved, highly presentable copy. A scarce inscribed first edition of McCarthy's masterwork, widely regarded as one of the supreme achievements of late‑twentieth‑century American literature. Published in 1985, Blood Meridian redefined the Western through its fusion of historical realism, philosophical inquiry, and uncompromising prose, exerting a profound influence on subsequent American fiction. The inscription is to John Rice Irwin (1930-2022), the founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee, and one of the most significant figures in the preservation and interpretation of Southern Appalachian history and material culture. Irwin devoted his life to documenting the lived experience, tools, music, and vernacular traditions of the rural Appalachian region, establishing the Museum of Appalachia as a nationally recognized institution for cultural history. His work emphasized historical continuity, conflict, and survival in the American borderlands—concerns that resonate powerfully with McCarthy's literary project in Blood Meridian. Association copies of Blood Meridian are uncommon, and inscribed examples are notably scarcer than signed copies. An inscription to a major regional historian and cultural preservationist enriches the book's provenance and situates it within a deeper context of American historical memory and regional identity. A compelling & desirable association copy of one of the most important novels of the modern American canon. I also found a Tee shirt similar to the one McCarthy is wearing in the photos. It is not his shirt. #bloodmeridian #cormacmccarthy #appalachia #Suttree. Salvador Dali (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. McCarthy, Cormac. The Crossing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition, first printing. With "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed by Cormac McCarthy to Jacob Rogers, the son of McCarthy's longtime assistant Rick Rogers. Octavo. 426 pages. Original publisher's cloth-backed boards; in the original pictorial dust jacket, with the publisher's $23.00 price present on the front flap. A VG copy in a VG jacket. Rick Rogers worked for McCarthy for more than a decade, helping with the practical details of McCarthy's life—looking after his cars, keeping an eye on his storage facilities in El Paso, and building bookshelves and furniture for him in Santa Fe. Over time, the Rogers and McCarthy families came to know one another personally and visited often, which makes Jacob Rogers a meaningful recipient rather than merely a name in an inscription. The Crossing is the second and, in many respects, the darkest and most searching volume of the Border Trilogy. Following Billy Parham across the border and back again, the novel expands McCarthy's western landscape into a meditation on loss, violence, animals, family, and the unknowable moral weight of experience. It is one of the central books of McCarthy's middle period, published after the breakthrough success of All the Pretty Horses and before Cities of the Plain completed the trilogy. The inscription gives this copy its particular strength. McCarthy signed material is always desirable, but an inscribed copy connected to the Rogers family carries a more personal association. Rick Rogers was part of McCarthy's day-to-day world for roughly fifteen years, and Jacob's presence in the inscription places the book within that private orbit rather than in the ordinary stream of signed trade copies. For collectors, the appeal lies in the combination: a first edition, first printing of a major Border Trilogy novel, personally inscribed to someone tied to McCarthy through a close family relationship and long practical friendship. A compelling association copy of an essential McCarthy title. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition, first printing. With "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. A signed and inscribed association copy of this work. This copy belonged to Jacob Rogers who was the son of Cormac McCarthy's longtime assistant Rick Rogers. Octavo. 309 pages. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd, with the publisher's $24.95 price present on the front flap. VG+ book in VG+ jacket. Rick Rogers worked for McCarthy for more than a decade, assisting with practical matters such as caring for McCarthy's cars, watching over his storage facilities in El Paso, and building bookshelves and furniture for him in Santa Fe. The Rogers and McCarthy families knew one another personally and visited often, making Jacob Rogers a meaningful recipient rather than a casual name in an inscription. Inscribed copies are rare on the market and much rarer than the readily available tipped in page variety. No Country for Old Men stands at the meeting point of McCarthy's late style and the moral terrain of the Border Trilogy: spare, violent, philosophical, and stripped almost to the bone. Set along the Texas-Mexico border, the novel turns a failed drug deal and a suitcase of money into a bleak meditation on chance, evil, aging, and the limits of law in a world that seems to have outrun old codes of conduct. The book became one of McCarthy's most visible works after the Coen brothers' celebrated 2007 film adaptation, but the novel remains a hard, unnerving performance on its own terms. First printings are desirable as the true trade issue of a title that brought McCarthy to a still wider readership late in his career. A clean first edition, first printing in the original dust jacket is an essential modern McCarthy item. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. New York: The Ecco Press, 1984. First Ecco Press edition; first paperback edition; first and only printing. Signed and inscribed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page: "For Augusta / with much love / Cormac." The recipient is Augusta Britt. Octavo trade paperback. 197 pages. Original purple pictorial wrappers, black spine, white rear panel, lettered in orange, white, and black. Near fine, with only light shelf wear to the delicate wrappers; binding square and firm; text clean. A notably fresh copy of a fragile paperback format, with no internal markings beyond the author's inscription. Child of God, McCarthy's third novel, first appeared in hardcover from Random House in 1973. This 1984 Ecco Press issue was the first paperback edition and formed part of Ecco's "Neglected Books of the Twentieth Century" series, which helped return several of McCarthy's early novels to circulation before the broader recognition that followed Blood Meridian and the Border Trilogy. The Ecco paperback of Child of God is among the more elusive McCarthy paperbound editions, especially in collectible condition and especially signed or inscribed. An extraordinary association copy. Augusta Britt occupies a singular and now widely discussed place in the McCarthy story: she was personally connected to the author for many years, and her relationship with him has become part of the biographical and collecting context through which late McCarthy material is understood. An inscription "For Augusta / with much love" is therefore not a routine presentation inscription, but a direct artifact of one of the most personal relationships in McCarthy's life. For a writer famously private, sparing with public appearances, and uncommon in meaningful signed material, the emotional register of this inscription is remarkable. It links the book not merely to McCarthy's hand, but to his intimate circle, giving the copy the kind of provenance and human resonance that elevates it from signed paperback to major association copy. The association is especially powerful because Child of God stands at the dark heart of McCarthy's early Appalachian work: austere, violent, grotesque, and pitilessly exact in its rendering of isolation and human extremity. To find this bleak and difficult novel warmly inscribed "with much love" to Augusta Britt creates a startling and highly personal counterpoint between text and artifact. In collecting terms, the copy has several layers of desirability: the scarce Ecco first paperback; the vulnerability of the softcover format; McCarthy's relative scarcity as a signer; the warmth of the inscription; and, above all, the identity of the recipient. A superb and unrepeatable McCarthy association copy. Inscribed by Author(s).…

dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 337 pages. McCarthy's seventh novel and the second volume of the "Border Trilogy." A fine unread copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a fine dust jacket. Signed by McCarthy on a publisher tipped in page done that notes that this is one of 1000 copies prepared for friends of the author and publisher. Reportedly not all 1000 copies were done. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In great shape, in acetate, clean text, tight binding, signed by Cormac McCarthy on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Both volumes Fine in a Fine slipcase.; Second front end pages on both volumes signed by Cormac McCarthy.; 608 pages; Signed by Author. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. MCCARTHY, Cormac. Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West. New York: Vintage International, [1992]. Vintage softcover (trade paperback). Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers; spine lettered in white. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "For Robin, All best wishes, Cormac, Christmas 1994." Light, even toning to the text block; modest edgewear to the wrappers; binding sound and square. A very good or better copy. Inscribed copies of Blood Meridian are uncommon, particularly in paperback format. Cormac McCarthy was a notably reluctant signer, and inscriptions were typically made for private or personal occasions rather than public appearances; most signed examples encountered today are later tipped‑in sheets or signatures obtained under limited circumstances. Dated, fully realized inscriptions such as this are especially scarce. First published in 1985, Blood Meridian is widely regarded as Cormac McCarthy's masterwork and one of the most important American novels of the late twentieth century. Drawing loosely on historical accounts of scalp‑hunters operating along the Texas-Mexico border in the 1840s, the novel presents an unflinching vision of violence, morality, and historical mythmaking in the American West. Its reputation has continued to grow steadily since publication, and it is now firmly established as a central text in modern American literature. . #bloodmeridian #cormacmccarthy #suttree #nocountryforoldmen. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SIGNED. 383pp; 189pp; Octavo. [24cm] Red and blue paper covered boards with the titles stamped on the spines, and with illustrated dust jackets. Housed in a decorative, pictorial paper covered box, in very good condition, with four small glue stains on the label (as is usual with the box set). Signed by Cormac McCarthy. A lovely signed set by one of America's greatest authors. "The best-selling, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Road returns with a two-volume masterpiece in an artfully designed box set. The Passenger is a fast-paced and sprawling novel while Stella Maris is a tightly controlled coda, told entirely in dialogue. Together they relate the thrilling story of a brother and sister, haunted by loss, pursued by conspiracy, and longing for a death they cannot reconcile with God. The Passenger 1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western, a salvage diver, zips the jacket of his wet suit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spiritby men with badges; by the ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul. Stella Maris 1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western is twenty years old when she arrives at a psychiatric facility with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag. A doctoral candidate in mathematics at the University of Chicago, Alicia has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and she does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby. Instead, she contemplates the nature of madness, the human insistence on one common experience of the world; she surveys the intersection of physics and philosophy; and she introduces her cohorts, her chimeras, the hallucinations that only she can see. All the while, she grieves for Bobby, not quite dead, not quite hers." First edition (signed by the author on publisher's tipped-in page in each book).…

Condition: Fine in a fine jacket. dj. First printing. Signed limited first edition of this second book in The Border Trilogy, which follows the harrowing coming of age of Billy and Boyd Parham in the deserts of New Mexico. Known for his "brutal and spare" narratives, Cormac McCarthy has been called "one of the greatest living novelists" (Cowley, THE GUARDIAN). THE CROSSING is the second book in McCarthy's Border Trilogy, which follows the lives and hardships of Billy and Boyd Parham as they discover themselves in rural New Mexico on the eve of WWII. Critically praised, with reservations (as Sara Mosle noted in THE NEW YORK TIMES, "the most complex and sympathetic female character in the trilogy may be a wolf"), McCarthy's bleakness of vision and his cascade of mythic imagery still hold great power. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($23.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Red topstain, fore-edge machine deckle. 296 pages. Signed by McCarthy to limitation page. Trace toning here and there. Else sharp and clean. Signed.…