Blood Meridian Evening Redness by Cormac Mccarthy, Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Cormac McCarthy on a publisher's page tipped in. A beautiful copy that appears UNREAD. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color and has the publisher's $17.95 printed price present. The book is bound in the publisher's original cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Cormac McCarthy First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. The first edition, first printing of Blood Meridian, inscribed by Cormac McCarthy. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [9], 337pp. Red hardcover, cloth spine, title stamped in gilt. Stated "First Edition" with a full number line. This copy appears unread. Light dust remnant along top of text block, internally fine. Red ink mark near headband along top edge. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $17.95 on the front flap, photography by Mark Morrow on rear panel, touch of shelf wear, insignificant closed tear near head of spine on the rear panel, overall a bright, near fine example. Housed in custom black cloth clamshell. Signed on the half-title: "For Gregory / All best wishes from your friend / Cormac." This copy is from the private collection of Gregory Amenoff, Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts at Columbia University. Amenoffwas President of the National Academy of Design from 2001-2005 and a founding member of the CUE Art Foundation. A goodfriend of Professor Amenoff's became close to Mr.McCarthy when he was living in El Paso.During visits to his friend to El Paso in the late 1980's and early 1990"s Amenoff was introduced to Mr. McCarthy and had occasion to ask him if he could sign few of his most significant works, The books have been in his collectionsince then.

First edition of Cormac McCarthy's fifth novel, widely considered his masterpiece and among the greatest novels of the 20th century. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Anne With Love Cormac." The recipient, Anne DeLisle was McCarthy's second wife. McCarthy published his debut novel, The Orchard Keeper, in 1965, earning the William Faulkner Award for Best First Novel and a Rockefeller Grant. With his grant money, he traveled aboard the Sylvania, where he met singer and dancer Annie DeLisle of The Healy Sisters duo. The two fell in love and married on May 14, 1966, in Annieâs hometown of Hamble, England. Using their combined incomes, the couple traveled through Paris and Geneva before settling on Ibiza, where they joined the islandâs vibrant artistic community. There, McCarthy completed Outer Dark while bonding with fellow novelist Leslie Garrett. In 1967, they returned to the U.S., settling first on a Tennessee farm and later in a restored barn in Louisville, funded by McCarthyâs Guggenheim Fellowship. During this period, McCarthy wrote Suttree and completed Child of God in 1973. Annie recalled these times fondly, despite their modest means, noting McCarthyâs reclusive nature and dedication to his craft. The couple separated in 1976, after which McCarthy moved to El Paso and continued his literary ascent. Blood Meridian (1985) cemented his reputation, and All the Pretty Horses (1991) brought widespread fame, making him one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. Annie stayed in Tennessee, opening Annieâs, a jazz club and gourmet restaurant in Knoxvilleâs Old City in 1983. The venue played a key role in revitalizing the area, offering live music reminiscent of New Orleans. Though Annie moved on in 1989, the restaurant remained a local fixture until 2004. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some light wear and small closed tears to the extremities. Jacket painting: "The Phantom Cart" by Salvador Dali. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. An exceptional association copy of the author's profound and significant magnum opus. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. 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 of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). "McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr). While All the Pretty Horses brought McCarthy widespread fame and The Road won him a Pulitzer Prize, Blood Meridian is frequently cited as his magnum opus for its profound complexity and lasting impact on American literature.

First edition of the author's classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half red cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page in a contemporary hand. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. 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 of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr).

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: NEAR FINE. First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page to Gyula Visnyei, aka Juli Veee, the Hungarian-American soccer player. Cormac faltered in the spelling of 'Gyula', one of the main reasons Juli tended to ask authors to stick with 'Juli V' in inscriptions. 337pp. Red paper over boards backed in red cloth, red and gilt stamped spine lettering. One miniscule spot to top edge, else FINE; very small nick to tail of DJ spine, exceedingly crisp and bright otherwise. McCarthy's fifth novel, first western, and first and only written in the full freedom of his mature style. Upon publication a few critics saluted its genius but 1985 America didn't have much appetite for such a blatantly grotesque apocalypse of the American drive West; Ahearn states only 1,500 copies sold (others have claimed 1,883) of 5,000 printed in the first edition, the rest marred with the dread felt remainder pen. Its commercial flop was a failure of the reading public not seen since Moby Dick, whose style and content Blood Meridian is often compared to. Following the success of the Border Trilogy, readers returned to Blood Meridian finding in it the purest distillate of McCarthy's powers, a perfectly harnessed thunderstrike which he had the wisdom to never attempt again. 'And another thing,' to quote Mark Hime, 'Blood Meridian has all the charm of cutting into a loaf of bread and finding a dead mouse, so don't take a shower before reading this book, because you are going to need a long one afterwards.'.

First edition of the author's fifth novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original half red cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For John & Lanelle With much love Cormac." The recipients were close friends of McCarthy during his time spent in Knoxsville, Tennessee. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. 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 of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr). Time magazine included Blood Meridian in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". In 2006 The New York Times conducted a poll of writers and critics regarding the most important works in American fiction from the previous 25 years, and Blood Meridian was a runner-up.

First British edition of the author's classic fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by George Sharp. Uncommon signed. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. 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 of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition. First UK edition, first printing, octavo size, 345 pp., signed by Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., in 1933), is acknowledged by many as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. His first novel, "The Orchard Keeper", won a 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel; "All the Pretty Horses" would win the National Book Award in 1992, and "No Country for Old Men", conceived as a screen play (and later turned into a novel) won four Academy Awards. He would eventually author twelve novels, three short stories, five screenplays and two plays. This the first UK edition of McCarthy's "Great American Novel"; it was McCarthy's fifth novel and although it received only lukewarm praise upon publication, it is now viewed as his magnum opus. The first UK edition scarce signed; as of this writing, we see no copies online. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full red textured paper over boards, white lettering stamped onto the spine, copyright page with full number line, simply signed "Cormac McCarthy" on the sectional title page in black ink; octavo size (8 5/8" by 5 3/8"), pagination: [i-viii] [1-2] 3-337. The unclipped dust jacket with a wrap-around illustration (by George Sharp) of a horseman riding over a landscape with a blood-red sky behind him, black and red lettering, review blurb on the bottom of the front panel, short summary of the book and review blurbs on the front flap, short author bio on the back flap with original price of GBP 11.95 at the bottom. ___CONDITION: Volume near fine, the paper over the boards clean, the white on the spine not worn or flaked, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the head of the spine with a slight bump extending for about an inch at the very top of the front board, tail of the spine very gently bumped, corners gently bumped but not rubbed, interior pages lightly toned. The unclipped dust jacket also near fine, clean, not sunned (the reds on the spine as deep as on the panels), with very minor edgewear. ___PROVENANCE: We acquired this book from a collector who purchased it from an ABAA member who confirmed the signature, details available upon request. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

First edition of the author's classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, "For John Sheddan At Saxon Oaks Manor In April of 1985 All the best, old friend Cormac." The recipient, John Sheddan was a close friend of McCarthyâs. âSome of McCarthyâs friends claim that the character Gene Harrogate (a character in McCarthyâs novel, Suttree), or at least his watermelon venture, was based in some way on John Sheddan, âscholar, schemer, hustler, melon paramourâ (Gibson 23)â¦.However in a letter of response to Gibsonâs article, Knoxvillian Buzz Kelley writes that Sheddan was âprobably McCarthyâs best and most loyal friend from the Knoxville crowd,â holder of two masterâs degrees, and not at all âa violator of vegetables nor one to fornicate with fruitsâ (Dianne C. Luce, Reading the World: Cormac McCarthyâs Tennessee Period). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Next to the dedication copy, this is the best association possible. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. 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 of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr).

Limited Edition. One of 350 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Ellis and Wood, this being copy no.57. Octavo (23.25cm); folded and gathered sheets, butterfly laced into maroon leather-covered boards, with the title embossed onto covers; publisher's velvet-lined Italian cloth box, with printed title label mounted to spine; [iv],[6],7-461,[5]pp, with frontispiece and five watercolor illustrations by Rob Wood. Fine in a Fine box.McCarthy's fifth novel and undisputed masterpiece, a sweeping, terrible vision of the American west in the wake of the Civil War. The book sold poorly upon publication, selling just 1,883 copies prior to being remaindered (per Ahearn). In a 2006 survey by the New York Times, Blood Meridian was voted the runner-up for the best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years. The Suntup publication is the first limited edition of the novel, elaborately designed, with a new 7pp introduction by novelist Brett Easton Ellis.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "for Al Lowman, all best wishes, Cormac McCarthy". Lowman was a respected Texas historian who spent his life studying and sharing stories of the American Southwest, the setting for McCarthy's most celebrated works, including No Country for Old Men, All the Pretty Horses, and his brutal masterpiece and quintessential Old West novel, Blood Meridian. McCarthy grew up in Tennessee and Appalachia, where many of his early works are set. His first trip to Texas in 1970 inspired him to write Blood Meridian, and in 1974 he moved to El Paso to immerse himself in the history and geography of the region. The subsequent work was "as close to history as novels generally get, drawn in sometimes verbatim tones from memoirs, chronicles, eyewitness testimony" (Mitchell). McCarthy was a notoriously reclusive author, but it is likely he and Lowman met during the course of McCarthy's research. Lowman (1935-2013) curated the special exhibits and catalogues at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio and served as president of the Texas State Historical Association, the Texas Folklore Society, and the Book Club of Texas. He was a member of the Grolier Club and the Philosophical Society of Texas, and he published a number of book, including Printing Arts in Texas (1975), "the best history of fine printing in Texas" (Jenkins), and This Bitterly Beautiful Land: A Texas Commonplace Book (1972), with an introduction by Carl Hertzog, El Paso's master printer and an internationally renowned book designer. The year before his death, Lowman wrote a love-letter to the Texas of his youth: "My earliest memories are of Aladdin lanterns, battery-powered radios, treadle sewing machines, and mud roads. The fecund black earth extended from our house in all directions. Four hundred years before my time Cabeza de Vaca saw part of Nueces County and described 'vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle. it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.' Nothing waits more patiently than the earth itself." John Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 1983; Al Lowman, "Some Recollections of Defining Events", First Timers and Old Timers: the Texas Folklore Society Fire Burns On, 2012; Lee Clark Mitchell, "A Book 'Made Out of Books': the Humanizing Violence of Style in Blood Meridian", Texas Studies in Literature and Language, vol. 57, no. 3, 2015. Octavo. Title page and facing page illustrated with map of New Mexico. Original red quarter-cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in metallic red, red paper sides. With dust jacket. Very faint foxing to top edge: a fine copy in fine, unclipped jacket.