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McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. Scarce 1st Printing of McCarthy classic. Condition is only good because it is ex-lib copy with concave spine and spine slant and shelf edge wear. Library defects are: two stampings- top page block and copyright page; lib. decal on ffep.; glue residue where card holder was on ffep and tape reinforcement on gutters of pastedowns. It does not have a remainder mark common to this title. The DJ is relatively clean with some edge rubbing and small chips at spine top and a larger chip at spine bottom. Some sunning of spine. $12.95 price intact on DJ flap; mylar protected. Scans at left. Relatively scarce 1st Printing of early McCarthy novel albeit Ex-Lib. (Comes with a "The Road"). Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$1140.00 + shipping
Description: If you have a very good or better book to go with this jacket, it would be a great buy! Stain on the front cover which bleeds through to be faintly apparent on the front endpapers and slightly affecting bottom edge of first 108 pp. Faint red Random House stamp on bottom edge of text block. Near fine with a price of 12.95 on the front flap - since there is no evidence of damp stain on dust jacket I assume the jacket was supplied.
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. New York: Random House, 1979.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo bound in quarter black cloth and paper-covered boards. Very Good in Very Good+ jacket. 1/4" strip of damp-staining lengthwise to upper boards. Mild soil to edges, with a Random House remainder stamp to lower edge. Binding appears to have received a somewhat imperfect glue job with some bubbling to pastedown and a slight bowing of boards at spine. Unclipped jacket has some internal discoloration, otherwise sharp and clean. 471 pp.
Seller: Mausoleum Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, 1979.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition from Random House. It has a Random House red stamp on the bottom endpapers, indicating it was a remainder. The jacket is in good shape ut has a small tear on the front top, and a bent area on the top spine. Photos available on request.
Seller: Charles Ealy, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Suttree. Random House, 1979.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of McCarthy's fourth novel, "probably the funniest and most unbearably sad of McCarthy's books.unsurpassed in American literature" (Stanley Booth). New York: Random House, 1979. Publisher's original yellow paper-covered boards over black cloth spine, lettered in gilt; pp. (vii), 471. Due to a production error, this copy lacks rear endpapers, with the final page of the novel functioning as the rear pastedown. Else this is a near fine copy in a near fine or better, unclipped dust jacket. The binding remains tight, sturdy and square, showing minimal wear. Similarly, the dust jacket is in particularly nice shape, requiring a fine eye to note any instances of shelfwear, which are virtually nonexistent. A very nice example, with an uncommon production error, protected in archival mylar.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, 1979.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Stated first edition. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear. Light foxing on the edges, pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G/VG in mylar. A stated 1st edition/1st printing copy in good condition with a very good dj. Number line is as follows: 24689753 with “First Edition” underneath. There is some wear to the unclipped jacket ($12.95 price is intact). The covers are clean with some slight soil damage to the lower rear cover, and the edges are sharp. General shelf wear is evident. One closed tear on the lower front of the dj, and one chip (about 3/8” wide by 1/8” high) to the lower rear of the dj. Some random wear to jacket around the top edge. The binding is in very good condition. NO remainder mark, NOT ex. lib.
Seller: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, NY, 1979.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy in like dj. $12.95 flap price and stated first edition. One of the prettiest copies I have seen. Clean, square and tight and pages bright. A molecule chip top of dj. (talking about really tiny) Not price clipped. One of our most important writers in modern history. The equal of King. Not as many books but boy what books! A definite collector's copy.
Seller: Bob Lakin Books, Chatfield, TX, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Suttree. Random House, 1979.
Price: US$3490.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 0394482131
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. The ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree (First Edition, First Printing). Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (number line to 2 with "First Edition" printed below - the code Random House used in the 70s and 80s to indicate a first printing). New York, Random House, 1979. Book is FINE except for very light staining on the front and back paste-down endpapers, binding tight and square, gilt lettering shows no wear. Dust Jacket is FINE with only light edge wear at the top of the spine, no chips, no tears, price is not clipped ($12.95). This is a beautiful collectible copy of McCarthy's fourth novel which has not been remainder marked as is the case with most of this title. It is housed in a beautiful heavy-duty custom-made slipcase with copies of the dust jacket front on the front and back of the case. Case made by Casemaker. Fast shipping from a smoke-free shop.
Seller: McInBooks, IOBA, Farmington, NM, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$7500.00 + 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 great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Cormac McCarthy First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, 1979.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket, inscribed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$12000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, octavo size, 479 pp., inscribed 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, "Suttree" was McCarthy's fourth published novel, although he began writing it twenty years earlier, well before the publication of "Orchard Keeper". The story features Cornelius Suttree, who has left his prominent family and the society they represent, "choosing instead a different world inhabited by people who live precarious, desperate, often violent, lives" (n.b., quote from dust jacket flap). Inscribed by McCarthy on the title page "For Lambert & Marianne / With Love / Cormac". We were, alas, unable to trace who the inscribees were; however, it is special to have a first edition by this award-winning author so warmly inscribed. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter black cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, gilt lettering and publisher's device stamped onto the spine, author's initials with decorative rules stamped in gilt onto the front board, inscribed by McCarthy in blue ink as set forth above on the title page, stated First Edition on the copyright page (which per Zempel denotes the first printing for Random House); octavo size (8 3/8" by 5 3/4"), pagination: [i-viii] [1-3] 4-471. Dust jacket has the original price of $12.95, yellow, green, and orange lettering upon a black ground, black-and-white photo of the author on the back panel, summary of book on both flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards and spine, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; a hint of dustiness to the board edges, light foxing and dustiness to the text block edges, a trace of soil on the front endpapers, and a lightly pencilled mark on the verso of the rear free endpaper (prior bookseller's code?). The unclipped jacket better than very good, clean and not sunned (the red colours on the spine as deep as on the front panel), with light overall 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.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Suttree. Random House, 1979.
Price: US$12084.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition of Suttree signed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page. The book has no remainder mark. Jacket is in a protective sleeve.
Seller: Rush Books, Chester, United Kingdom
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree.. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Barbara with love Cormac." With a photograph laid in of McCarthy with his arms around the recipient and his then wife Ann Delisle. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Suttree is the fourth of McCarthy's novels to be published, but he had started it well before his first, The Orchard Keeper, appeared in 1965 to great critical acclaim. The principle scene of Suttree is Knoxville, Tennessee in the early 1950's. The central figure, Cornelius Suttree, is a fisherman who lives in a dilapidated houseboat on the river. Estranged from his prominent family, he has withdrawn from the society they represent, choosing instead a different world inhabited by people who live precarious, desperate, often violent lives. "McCarthy is a writer to he read, to be admired, and quite honestly- envied" (Ralph Ellison).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree.. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Howell Pearce with best wishes Cormac McCarthy." The recipient, Howard Pearce was a close friend of McCarthy's and a Memphis poet. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example. Suttree is the fourth of McCarthy's novels to be published, but he had started it well before his first, The Orchard Keeper, appeared in 1965 to great critical acclaim. The principle scene of Suttree is Knoxville, Tennessee in the early 1950's. The central figure, Cornelius Suttree, is a fisherman who lives in a dilapidated houseboat on the river. Estranged from his prominent family, he has withdrawn from the society they represent, choosing instead a different world inhabited by people who live precarious, desperate, often violent lives. "McCarthy is a writer to he read, to be admired, and quite honestly- envied" (Ralph Ellison).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree.. Random House, New York, 1979.
Price: US$18500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Orin All The Best Cormac." The recipient, Orin Borsten was a screenwriter and publicist, who began his career as a child actor in Atlanta and appeared on Broadway in the American Way. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed. Suttree is the fourth of McCarthy's novels to be published, but he had started it well before his first, The Orchard Keeper, appeared in 1965 to great critical acclaim. The principle scene of Suttree is Knoxville, Tennessee in the early 1950's. The central figure, Cornelius Suttree, is a fisherman who lives in a dilapidated houseboat on the river. Estranged from his prominent family, he has withdrawn from the society they represent, choosing instead a different world inhabited by people who live precarious, desperate, often violent lives. "McCarthy is a writer to he read, to be admired, and quite honestly- envied" (Ralph Ellison).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.