Outer Dark by Mccarthy, First Edition (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine, some minimal wear to the cover, the book itself is in excellent condition throughout and has an uncracked spine. All our second hand books may have slight wear, creasing or scuffing. They have each been examined and are complete to the best of our knowledge. If you require more detail on condition, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional photos and description. Please check out our full catalog at vintageandmodernbooks(dot)com and follow us on Instagram @vintageandmodernbooks to see new listings and get exclusive deals. If you wish to buy more items, shipping costs will be reduced.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Ecco printing of Cormac McCarthy's second novel: Outer Dark. The second in the Neglected Books of the Twentieth Century series - in colorful blue wraps. Book is listed in NF+ condition. Book is square & tight, pages clean, only a hint of wear to the delicate wraps. A collector's condition copy of this format.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression (London: André Deutsch, 1970). Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. With the publisher's pictorial dust jacket priced £1.80 (36s) net on the front flap. A fine copy of McCarthy's second novel, the UK edition having appeared in 1970, following that of the US which was issued in 1968. The cloth is clean and unfaded, with only gentle toning to the text-block edges. The jacket is near fine: bright, unfaded, and unusually crisp, with only  very minor and isolated traces of wear to extremities and lower flap fore-edge. No inscriptions. 'Outer Dark' further develops the bleak, mythic, and morally fraught terrain that would come to define McCarthy's early Appalachian fiction. UK first editions of McCarthy's early works were printed in small numbers and survive far less frequently in collectible condition than their American counterparts.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Printing" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This original dustjacket is vibrant in color and has the publisher's $4.95 printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author(s) A really fine book in a really fine DW, this is a first English edition/ first English impression in absolutely fabulous condition. The only flaw is a small ink mark on the reverse of the FEP which has been tipexed out but is still visible on both sides. This was the great writers second novel after "THE ORCHARD KEEPER". This is a great read and you can see how he was progressing towards his later books "BLOOD MERIDIAN" and "THE ROAD". This is NOT an ex-library book, it is NOT remaindered and is NOT foxed the pages are clean, bright and tight. The bookplate is loosely laid in on the titlepage. A rare find, in pristine condition. ISigned by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Cormac McCarthy in black ink on the half-title page. 242 pp. Octavo [21 cm]. Publisher's turquoise cloth and grey paper-covered boards stamped in black, silver, blue. Publisher's black topstain. Black dust jacket with white, green, and orange typography, designed by Muriel Nasser. First printing statement on the copyright page. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has the "9/68" code at the front flap?s bottom-right. A Near Fine, unread copy, clean and square. The black topstain is lightly faded. The price-clipped dust jacket is Very Good, with just a tiny closed tear (measuring less than 1cm) at the bottom edge of the front panel, and one very small dark stain on the spine. A nice copy. Signed by the notoriously reclusive author. From the library of the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter. Throughout a friendship spanning forty years, Potter?s bookstore served as a frequent destination for McCarthy, where the two shared a rapport rooted in their mutual appreciation of literature, art, music, and history. This volume represents a vital fragment of that connection. The first printing of Outer Dark consisted of a run of 5,000 copies, and was the only printing of the first edition of this work. The book was a commercial failure upon its release, selling less than 3,500 copies. Set in purgatorial, turn-of-the-century Appalachia, Outer Dark is McCarthy?s second novel, distilling his Southern Gothic style which he would continue to explore in his two subsequent novels, Child of God and Suttree. The narrative utilizes an archaic, rhythmic prose to deliver a wandering tale?a harrowing meditation on nihilism. Its publication cemented McCarthy as a singular, prophetic stylist, distinguished from many of his more experimental postmodernist contemporaries through a mastery of the macabre and the mythic. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is in very good condition. There are no bookplates, signatures, or markings of any kind. The pages are clean and free of foxing. The book comes with its rare original dustjacket. The jacket is in good condition, it has a chip to the front cover and some wear to its edges, as shown above. The book is a stated first printing, printed by Random House in 1968. A rare first edition of McCarthy's classic work.

First Print. Near Fine book free of inscriptions and markings. Gentle usual pushing to cloth spine tips. Tiny fabric pull near foot. Dark topstain. In the original unclipped wrapper with the price of $4.95 to front flap upper corner. A few nicks and minor loss to edges. Pinhole to upper cover. Short split to foot of spine. No remainder mark. Now in removable Mylar. Cat. No. 00539.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Ambitious library markings. Tiny closed tear on front cover - of dustjacket - see image. Glue residue on spine of dustjackt (will attach a Mylar protective sleeve to the dustjacket if requested, otherwise the sleeve will be packed along with the book. ) ; Both book and dustjacket are in Very Good condition - exeptions noted and priced accordingly. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is in fair condition. There are several library stamp marks in the front and a sticker in the rear. There are marks to the front and rear boards, shown above, where it looks like the dustjacket was once taped down. There is wear to the front hinge. The pages are clean and free of foxing. The book comes with its rare original dustjacket. The jacket is in good condition, with one corner clipped. The book is a stated first printing, printed by Random House in 1968. A rare first edition of McCarthy's classic work.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 242 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black spine with orange and tan lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is clipped, has chipping along the head and fore edges, small open tears on the front and spine head edges and front joint, and a small closed tear on the front joint tail. Boards have mild age-toning on the head and tail edges and mild wear along the spine. Textblock has a purple "H" remainder mark on the second free end-page, light soiling on some pages, mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the edges, and a stain on the head edge. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 7. Cormac McCarthy was born July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island. After winning the Ingram-Merrill Award in 1959 and 1960 for two short stories, McCarthy would drop out of college to pursue his new passion. He would change his name from Charles to Cormac supposedly to both honor his Irish roots and to avoid comparisons to a popular ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy. McCarthy would begin work on his second novel "Outer Dark" in 1962, though would endure several interruptions prior to release including a divorce in 1963, the publication of his first novel "The Orchard Keeper" in 1965, and a second marriage in 1966. Finally, after years of work, "Outer Dark" would be published in 1968 to generally positive reviews. Despite this positive critical reception, the novel performed poorly commercially, and thus had a very limited run of only 2,705 copies. 1391877. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Author(s): Cormac McCarthy Title: Outer Dark Publication: London: Andre Deutsch, 1970 Edition: First UK Edition Description: Octavo, 238pp., publishers black boards with silver gilt to spine. Two toned blue jacket designed by Michael Heawood with white letters to front panel and spine. Price of £1.80p net UK only and 36s on the bottom front flap. Interestingly, the rear panel of the jacket below the Joe Rockwell photo erroneously lists McCarthys birth year as 1937 instead of 1933. Published by Andre Deutsch, London 2 year after the US first edition. One of the scarcer UK firsts of the prolific author s early cannon. This is one of an unknown print run. There was not a second printing. Book in VG or better. Typical foxing to text block and first few pages. Some offsetting to pastedown and ffep. Slight forward lean. Corners lightly bumped. Zero writing within the book, binding solid and taut, gilt on spine almost perfect. A very nice copy. Jacket in VG or better. Not price clipped or sun faded. Some foxing to white flaps and verso. Trace rubbing. Very slight wear to spine ends. Very vibrant and fresh jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Author(s): Cormac McCarthy Title: Outer Dark (with signed Orin Borsten card) Publication: New York: Random House, 1968 Edition: First Edition with laid in Card inscribed to Author Orin Borsten Description: Author: Octavo, 242pp., publisher's original black cloth bound with orange and tan lettering. First printing stated on copyright page. First state dust jacket unclipped with $4.95 price present on the flap. McCarthy s second novel, included is a laid in card signed for Orin Borsten! Orin Borsten was a well-known Hollywood publicist and he also wrote stage and screenplays. Borsten most famously co-authored the William Faulkner biography, A Loving Gentleman: The Love Story of William Faulkner and Meta Carpenter , in 1976. He also has writing credits on the screenplays for Angel Baby (1961) and Outer Limits (1963), among others. A fabulous association and one can imagine what drew the two together was a mutual affinity for William Faulkner. The card displays a vintage 1970s style McCarthy inscription and signature, highly sought after as he signed much more infrequently prior to All the Pretty Horses. Book: VG with some foxing to text block. Spine ends very slightly pushed. Light toning to top edge and topstain. Taut binding, square and sturdy. Sharp corners, clean internally. Nice gilt lettering to spine. Jacket: VG or perhaps a touch better. Chip to top crown and a couple of very small closed tears to top rear panel, some soiling at edges and flap gutters where the jacket is white. The $4.95 price is intact and not clipped. Overall a really neat copy with great association and early McCarthy signature! Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. A superior example. Outer Dark is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in Appalachia sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution. "A profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time" (Time).

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. first. First printing, as stated on copyright page. Book fine in near fine dust jacket, price-clipped. Housed in custom-made slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. First UK Edition. 238pp. Book has crisp, clean pages, absent of markings except for a small pencil mark on the front pastedown. Unclipped wrapper is bright with modest chipping. Spine is creased; the text block has light foxing. The second novel by the author of All The Pretty Horses and Blood Meridian the story of a woman who bears her brother's child and leaves it in the woods to die. Upon its publication, Time noted that the author had "developed into an exceptional talent" with this "profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. First Impression. About Fine in black textured paper covered boards, slightly cocked, in a Very Good dark blue dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with shallow abrasions to crown of spine panel, continuing a bit along the top of the front panel margin. 238pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q13102.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Random House, 1968. Hardcover in original dustjacket. Book in FINE/Unread condition. Dust Jacket in NEAR FINE condition. 1st Edition. First Edition and first printing. The second novel by the author of ALL THE PRETTY HORSES and BLOOD MERIDIAN, the story of a woman who bears her brother's child and leaves it in the woods to die. Signed by author on the half title page. Photos available. $ 12000. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Cormac McCarthy on a laid in signature. The ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. This First Issue dustjacket has the printed price present on the front flap of the dustjacket. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with light wear to the spine. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a fabulous copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Cormac McCarthy First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ hardcover in a Very Good- dust jacket which has been wrapped for protection. The staining to the top of the page block has some minor discoloration in spots. The dust jacket has some very minor edgewear and a couple of mended tears at the bottom edge. ; 1.2 x 8.5 x 6 Inches; 242 pages.

First Edition. MCCARTHY, Cormac. Outer Dark. New York: Random House, (1968). Octavo, original half blue cloth, original dust jacket. $4200.First edition, first printing, of McCarthy's second book, his "profound parable" of fate's dark workings."You can hear mortality whetting its scythe behind every line" (New York Times). Upon McCarthy's publication of his second novel, Time noted that the author had "developed into an exceptional talent" with this "profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time." Life praised the novel as "a minor classic." McCarthy ultimately achieved not only critical but also popular acclaim nearly a quarter century after the publication of this early work, winning both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer in the 1990s. Book with slight rubbing to spine, very faint toning to edges; dust jacket with a few tape repairs to verso. A near-fine copy.

First Paperback Editions. First Printings. Two octavo volumes (17.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; dark yellow edge-staining; [vi],[2],3-198,[4]; [vi],[2],3-215,[3]pp. Both volumes are identically inscribed by McCarthy in a contemporary hand on the title pages to William Timothy Burdine and his wife, Edythe Tarwater, using both his nickname, "Mac," as well as his full name: "For Tim + Edythe / Mac / Cormac McCarthy." Orchard Keeper shows some foxing to inner covers, light wear to extremities, some mild dust-soil to wrappers, and a small tear to base of spine; contents clean; Very Good+. Outer Dark has a slight forward lean, faint vertical crease at spine and left edge of front wrapper, light dust-soil to wrappers, with some scattered foxing to inner covers; Very Good.First paperback editions of McCarthy's first two novels the first set during the inter-War period within a small, isolated town in Eastern Tennessee, and the second set in Appalachia dark, brooding, incestuous, and violent. Both novels were published to great critical reviews, with The Orchard Keeper winning the Faulkner Foundation Award for Best First Novel of the Year. These copies constitute a seldom-seen pair of contemporary association copies: Burdine and his wife were friends with McCarthy, and from 1968-1970 neighbors with the author and their mutual friend, Bill Kidwell, in Rockford, Tennessee. While we have handled numerous inscribed books and presentation copies of McCarthy's works, our experience is that those inscribed to people who knew him during his Appalachian period appear quite infrequently in commerce.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in silver. Housed in a custom black cloth solander case. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, faint fading to edges with small ding to bottom edge of front board. Foxing to textblock edges, offsetting to endsheets and minor toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear, minor toning and very trivial staining. A fantastic copy of McCarthy's second novel.