CITIES OF THE PLAIN - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
New Orleans: B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Item #8340
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 signature on right side; [vi],[4],5-291,[7]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine slipcase, with a tiny glue stain at upper edge..
Handsome edition of the concluding volume in McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy – his first encounter with mainstream success after writing five novels between 1965-1985. Produced by New Orleans-based bookseller Britton Trice, whose B.E. Trice imprint created limited editions of works by (mostly) Southern authors from the early 1990s through the mid-2000s. 8340.
Price: $1,250.00