New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); red paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt and metallic red on spine; dustjacket; [x],337,[5]pp. A fresh, Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $17.95), with some pinpoint wear to extremities, a tiny nick to..... More
London: Picador, 1989. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, a review copy, with the publisher's printed slip laid in. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-337,[7]pp. Subtle tanning to the text edges, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £11.95), showing some trivial..... More
London: Picador, 1989. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's original red-orange printed card wrappers; [viii],[2],3-337,[3]pp. Hint of sunning to spine, light wear to extremities, with some very faint finger-soil to spine and rear wrapper; contents clean; Very Good+ to Near Fine. The uncorrected proof copies of Blood Meridian..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-1998. First Editions. Attractive set of McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy – his first encounter with mainstream success after writing five novels between 1965-1985. Beginning with the publication of All the Pretty Horses, for the first time in McCarthy's career, his publisher poured a considerable..... More
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. First Printing, one of 7,500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); red paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and authors initials blind-stamped on front cover; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-197,[5]pp. Inscribed by the author in an early hand on the title..... More
New Orleans: B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.49. Octavo (21.75cm); marbled paper-covered boards and 3/4 tan calf, spine in four compartments, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dark brown endpapers; publisher's..... More
New Orleans: B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.188. Octavo (21.5cm); marbled paper-covered boards and dark brown leather, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's maroon cloth slipcase, with author's gilt-stamped facsimile..... More
London: Picador, 2013. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, cloth issue. Octavo (22.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [iv],[2],3-184,[4]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £14.99). Sharp copy of McCarthy's screenplay, basis for Ridley Scott's 2013 film adaptation starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 2013. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (20.5cm); white matte-finish wrappers titled in black and blue, with a color portrait of the author on rear wrapper, and two publisher's stickers on front wrapper; [viii],[2],3-184pp. Small blue ink check mark to upper margin of..... More
Louisville, KY: Bellarmine College Department of English, 1993. First Edition. Promotional flyer for a historic event – the first Cormac McCarthy conference, held October 15-17, 1993. "McCarthy scholarship began in the 1980s but escalated in earnest in the 1990s with the foundation of the Cormac McCarthy Society at the first..... More
London: Picador, 2005. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, cloth issue. Octavo (22.5cm); charcoal gray paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; gray endpapers; dustjacket; [vi],[6],7-309,[5]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £16.99). McCarthy's ninth novel, a prolonged and violent game of cat-and-mouse between a hunter and a...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. First Printing, advance issue. Octavo (21cm); glossy pictorial card wrappers; [viii],[6],7-305,[7]pp. Mild surface wear to wrappers, else sharp-cornered, and very Near Fine. Advance copy of McCarthy's ninth novel, a prolonged and violent game of cat-and-mouse between a hunter and a deranged assassin..... More
New Orleans: B.E. Trice Publishing, 2005. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of just 3 copies specially bound, signed by the author, and marked "Presentation Copy" on the colophon. Octavo (22.5cm); marbled paper-covered boards and 3/4 maroon morocco, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown endpapers; publisher's maroon cloth slipcase..... More
New Orleans: B.E. Trice Publishing, 2005. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 325 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.238. Octavo (22.5cm); marbled paper-covered boards and dark brown morocco spine titled in gilt; brown endpapers; publisher's burgundy cloth slipcase, with author's facsimile signature stamped..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1969-1970. 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..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. McCarthy's first book, set during the inter-War period within a small, isolated town in Eastern Tennessee. The book won the Faulkner Foundation Award for Best First Novel of the Year, and while it was successful enough to go into a second printing, only..... More
London: Picador, 2022. First U.K. Editions. First Impressions, trade (unboxed) issue. Two octavo volumes (24.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spines; pictorial endpapers; dustjackets; [iv],[6],7-383,[13]; [ii],[6],7-189,[1]pp. The Passenger is Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £20). The spine ends on Stella Maris are very gently..... More
London: Picador, 2022. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, proof state, one of 230 numbered sets specially bound and slipcased, this being no.57. Two octavo volumes (20.5cm); red and blue paper-covered boards, with titling and pictorial elements printed in black and white on spine and covers; publisher's original plastic slipcase, with..... More
London: Picador, 2022. First U.K. Edition. Limited Issue, one of 250 copies specially bound and signed by the author, each volume numbered on verso of half-title page, with a signed tipped-in leaf following, this being set no.59. Two octavo volumes (24.25cm); dark orange and tuquoise cloth, with titling and pictorial..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); black and burnt orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[4],5-241,[7]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $24.00), showing some very mid surface wear. McCarthy's tenth novel, charting the harrowing journey of a...... More
London: Picador, 2006. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, one of reportedly 200 copies issued with a bookplate signed by McCarthy for British book retailer Waterstones (in this copy it is mounted on the title page). Ocatvo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[4],5-241,[7]pp. Hint..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); blue card wrappers printed in black; [xii],[4],5-239,[3]pp, with the finished dustjacket art as preliminary leaf. A Fine copy. Uncorrected proof for McCarthy's tenth novel, charting the harrowing journey of a father and his young son navigating the postapocalyptic..... More
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994. First Edition. First Printing, limited issue, one of 350 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.340. Octavo (22cm); dark grey paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine, and publisher's logo embossed onto..... More
New York: Vintage International, 2006. First Edition. McCarthy's third play, released simultaneously as a paperback original on the same day as his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road. It is a powerful work, centered around an extended conversation between a Black ex-con and evangelical Christian and a white atheist and professor..... More
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); black cloth and pale yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-471,[1]pp. Remainder stamp to upper edge of textblock, faint trace of discoloration to lower rear board edge, with..... More