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Cormac McCarthy. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover in As New facsimile dust jacket, which is wrapped. Stamp of original pricing on front end sheet. Excellent copy. No visible markings or underlining inside. ; 5 7/8" x 8 3/4"; 197 pages
Seller: Elder's Bookstore, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. CHILD OF GOD. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 197 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some small spots on the page edges. Quarterbound in black cloth and red paper with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges, with some fading on the head edges. Black dustjacket in very good condition with red titles. Title appears to be faded on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges with some small chips and tears, otherwise in very good condition. NPC. 1ST US EDITION. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 197pp. Blue cloth spine, red boards, gilt titles on spine, McCarthy's initials blindstamped on front board. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Slight bump to lower edge of each board, more pronounced to back board but not serious damage in either case. Slight foxing along top edge of pages, but no foxing within book. Dust jacket shows mild edgewear and slight toning to jacket flaps. Title lettering on jacket spine faded - common in this edition but worth noting. Dust jacket is price clipped. Two very small spots at top edge of back jacket panel. Stated first edition of McCarthy's third novel. Additional pictures available on request.
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
MCCARTHY, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 197pp. A very good, crisp copy in the publisher's red boards with deep navy (almost black) spine. Spine gently cocked, a few faint droplet stins to the top edge, and another mild stain to the fore-edge. In a nicer than usual example of the dust jacket, price-clipped, with a flattened crease to the front flap and some shallow wear to the crown, and one short tear, but the spine fresh and unfaded; near fine. McCarthy's deeply disturbing third novel tells the story of Lester Ballard, a violent loner who lives in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. A typical example of McCarthy's early work, the novel was praised by critics, but sold poorly, and was largely forgotten until McCarthy found popular success in the early 1990s with the Border Trilogy.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. 197 pp. Printed dust jacket with $5.95 price intact. Red and blue boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket worn and creased along edges with toning and a few tears at edges and spine ends. Boards shelfworn and binding is sound. Spot to top edge, possibly a remainder mark, and pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine unmarked first edition of this great novel by McCarthy. This is the author's third book and has been made into a movie that has rarely been seen. The jacket is bright and fresh but has been price clipped. There is some very light wear along the top edge of the rear panel and at the bottom point of the front panel. This is a very nice copy fit for any McCarthy collection.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, 1973.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. 197 pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. This near fine book is crisp, tight binding and is free of marks or inscriptions. Mild rubbing to the top edge, with modest foxing to top of text block. Price-clipped wrapper is bright, with little toning. The story of Lester Ballard, isolated in the hills of Tennessee, and his accompanying moral isolation manifested in his depravity and penchant for violence. A very attractive copy of the third novel by one of the most important American writers of the past 100 years.
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, [3], 197pp, [3]. Red hardcover, title in gilt on blue cloth spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint sunning to top edge, remnant of bookplate previously affixed to front free endpaper, a near fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $5.95 retail price listed, sunned spine, faint shelf wear, "1/74" code on rear flap, image of McCarthy on rear panel.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. CHILD OF GOD. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 197 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with red and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut. Minor shelf wear. Light creasing to edges of dust jacket. Foxing to edges of text block and rear pastedown. Interior pages clean. Sticker adhered to front pastedown. Shelved in Case 8. 1372787. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, 1973.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First printing. An attractive price clipped dustjacket that is vibrant in colors with no chips, tears or pieces missing. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. Overall, a lovely copy of this true first edition in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very nice copy of the Cormac McCarthy's third book: CHILD OF GOD. This book is a first printing. The book is in Near Fine+ condition with only a bit of wear on the boards. The binding is tight, book is square, tips are sharp, pages clean with no writings/inscriptions, and no remainder mark. The jacket is bright and colors are vibrant with a bit of fading to the spine, which is often seen on this title. No rips, tears, or chipping on the delicate wrap. The jacket is fully intact and retains its original $5.95 price. Hard to find as such - most jackets were clipped. Overall, a lovely copy of this format.
Seller: Midwest Books, Clarkston, MI, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has minor wear to the edges. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. An attractive copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
McCARTHY, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 197pp, octavo, hc w/jacket in mylar, a fantastic copy, clean red paper boards with blue cloth backstrip, slight wear to cloth spine ends, gilt titles tight binding, clean pages, sharp corners, jacket is clean and colorful, red titles on a black background with author's name in olive green, a touch of toning to the top corners of the flaps and upper corner of back cover. stated First Edition.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Cormac McCarthy on a laid in signature. The ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. This First Issue dustjacket has the printed price present on the front flap of the dustjacket. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with a hint of wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Cormac McCarthy First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Bound in publisher's red paper-covered boards over black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, with light bruising and light fading to cloth at spine ends. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light shelf wear, fading to the red lettering on the spine, and light toning to the flaps and blank verso. A lovely copy, signed by the author.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God.. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional signed example. In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail. While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance. Basis for the 2013 film bearing the same name, co-written and directed by James Franco starring Scott Haze and Jim Parrack.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Child of God (Author, Screenwriter Orin Borstens Copy). Random House, 1973.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: McCarthy, Cormac, Child of God. New York, Random House, 1973. First Edition, first printing signed and inscribed, For Orin. Orin is Orin Borsten, the Hollywood publicist, screenwriter and author of the William Faulkner biography, A Loving Gentleman: The Love Story of William Faulkner and Meta Carpenter. Included is a beautiful custom made slipcase for valuable protection. . Octavo, 197 pp. Publisher s red boards with navy blue cloth spine. Gold gilt lettering to spine and blind stamp CMcC to front board. First issue jacket with $5.95 price to front flap. . McCarthy s 3rd novel about a violent, necrophiliac serial killer in the Tennessee mountains. It s said that McCarthy based the Lester Ballard Character on an actual person but that person remains unnamed. . This copy is a rare specimen indeed in that it does not contain a remainder mark, and the dust jacket is not price clipped. Additionally it is signed by hand by McCarthy. True signed examples are very hard to find of this particular novel. The book is in VG+ to NF with no writing within, one corner slightly bumped and the top spine slightly bumped. Clean text block and taut spine, gilt lettering well preserved. Jacket in VG to VG+ with some rubbing as per usual to the glossy black finish, a crease to the front flap, s scratchy spot to the front panel with a small pinhole. A closed microtear to top rear edge. Some edge west near spine ends. It s not been price clipped and there is virtually no fading to the red on the cover and the spine. A fabulous example of McCarthy s third book, rarely signed. . . #cormacmccarthy #childofgod #signedbooks #bloodmeridian #bibliophile #appalachia #nocountryforoldmen #pulitzer #pulitzerprize #bookshop #bookstore #books4ewe #southernfiction #bookcollector #bookcollection #bookstagram #booktok #bookhorder #horrorbooks #necrophile #bookphoto #vintagebooks #booklife #books
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, octavo size, 205 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 work, "Child of God" was McCarthy's third novel and was published to critical praise. As stated in the New York Times book review (dated 12-5-73): "It's interesting to see how a good writer can make us care about a 'bad' character. I mean bad in a moral sense. Talent, [it] seems, can find the humanity behind the inhuman, the pathos that comes from being out of step with the world, the loneliness, like death, that is the wages of sin." This the first edition, first printing, signed simply "Cormac McCarthy" in blue ink on the title page. ___DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth shelfback over red paper-covered boards, gilt lettering stamped onto the spine, front board with blind-debossed rule and the author's initials, First Edition stated on copyright page (which per Zempel denotes the first printing for Random House), McCarthy's signature on the title page; octavo size (8 3/8" by 5 5/8"), pagination: [i-vi] [1-2] 3-197 [1, blank] [1, author bio]. Dust jacket with white, green and red lettering on a black ground, front flap with short summary of the book, back flap with author bio and review blurbs from "The Orchard Keeper" and "Outer Dark", reproduction of a black-and-white photograph of McCarthy on the back panel. ___CONDITION: Near fine; the binding clean and without wear, the gilt on the spine unrubbed, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; two short, faint marks on the front pastedown (that may be residue from an old price sticker) and a hint of sunning to the top edges, else fine. The dust jacket has been price-clipped, otherwise better than very good, clean, with minor edgewear most noticeable at the tail of the spine and light sunning to the spine. ___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.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.