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McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Advance reading copy of the first edition. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's printed wraps, lacking the slipcase. Near Fine with uneven sunning to wraps heaviest at spine, and a small stain to the textblock edge.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. All The Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Price: US$1295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Pristine Advance Reading Copy In Publishers Slipcase Also that is Fine. Signed By McCarthy On First Blank. This To Become His Break Out Book. Very Rare Especially Signed. Beautiful Rare Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
McCARTHY, Cormac.. All the Pretty Horses.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, 1992.
Price: US$1614.51 + shipping
Description: Advance review copy of the first edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, rare in such pristine condition. All the Pretty Horses is the novel that first brought McCarthy widespread acclaim, winning him the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992. The first novel in McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is a coming-of-age Western set in the borderlands between the US and Mexico in the years following the Second World War. It was adapted into a film in 2000, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. Octavo. Original horse-patterned orange wrappers with pale orange printed band, spine and front cover lettered in black, author's name on front cover in white on black ground. With publisher's card slipcase with envelope-style flap, as issued. Slipcase a little rubbed with short closed tear at head of entry: a fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by McCarthy on large bookplate affixed to the second page. Ninth Printing, printed in July of 1992. The jacket has no statement of the National Book Award that this book would eventually win. The book and is in great shape with little to no sign of aging or wear. The dust jacket is price-clipped, though outwardly bright and attractive. 301 pp.
Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. All the Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, with inscription on the half title page "For Albert who led me from there to here with appreciation, admiration and love Cormac." A very good copy that was obviously loved and read. No Dust jacket. boards a little rubbed and some black ink smudges it seems to be from the pen Cormac McCarthy signed with and small . where the ink bled through to the title page. Spine a little wonky, but still a tight copy.
Seller: Ultra Premium Classics, Marstons Mills, MA, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, U.S.A., 1992.
Price: US$3840.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Jacket, no Flaws, Signed, 1st print, National Book Award Winner in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$4900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITIONS, with All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing signed and inscribed by McCarthy. Inscribed in ink on the half-titles of All the Pretty Horses: "For Darla / All best / Cormac McCarthy"; and The Crossing: "For Darla / All best wishes / Cormac McCarthy". All three volumes are from the recipient, with detailed letter of provenance (available upon request). "The completion of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy - All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998)--marked a major achievement in American literature. Only ten years earlier this now internationally acclaimed novelist had been called the best unknown writer in America. "The trilogy is McCarthy's most ambitious project yet, composed at the height of his mature powers over a period of fifteen years. It is 'a miracle in prose,' as Robert Hass wrote of its middle volume, an unsentimental elegy for the lost world of the cowboy, the passing of the wilderness, and the fading innocence of post-World War II America. The trilogy is a literary accomplishment with wide appeal, for despite the challenging materials in each book, these volumes remained on bestseller lists for many weeks." (Arnold and Luce, A Cormac McCarthy Companion). Note: The Crossing was also issued in a signed limited edition of 1000 copies with a tipped-in leaf signed by McCarthy (before binding). The copy in the present set is a much more desirable first trade edition where McCarthy actually signed the book. There was no signed limited edition issued for All the Pretty Horses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-98. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jackets. Fine copies. Original cloth, original dust jacket
Seller: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printings. Harcovers. McCarthy's acclaimed trilogy of novels. All three books in near fine condition or better and in very near fine dust jacket. "All The Pretty Horses" is signed by McCarthy on the half title page and includes a handwritten note from Gary Fisketjon presenting it to a publisher representative. "The Crossing" and "Cities of the Plain" are both signed by McCarthy on tipped in pages done by the publisher. Signed sets are uncommon as McCarthy while not being a recluse didn't do public events or readings for the majority of his later years. A lovely set obtained directly from a publisher representative.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the first novel in McCarthy's acclaimed Border Trilogy and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the half-title and on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. All the Pretty Horses is an American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century" (San Francisco Chronicle). "A taut, poetic evocation of the remote backcountry of south Texas and northern Mexico, strongly imagined and beautifully rendered by a very fine writerone of our bestwho deserves far more renown. The perception of horses is extraordinary, and Jimmy Blevins will take a place as one of the great characters of American literature" (Peter Matthiessen).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses (Signed First Printing). Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Price: US$5800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by author CORMAC McCARTHY in black ink on half-title page. A rare signed first printing of "All the Pretty Horses", without inscription. The original first edition, Knopf 1992, first printing. Condition: fine/near fine/fine. Black hardboards with black cloth spine; gold printing; corners square; spine bottom lightly tucked. Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked, appears to be unread; has tiny dark speck on top edge (smaller than a flyspeck) that does not respond to light eraser, so is now part of the book. Pristine glossy original pictorial dust jacket with price on the flap, correct ISBN on back cover. Protected in clear archival Brodart wrapper (removable.) More pictures on request. Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Choose free shipping for free priority mail. "The romanticism of 'All the Pretty Horses' contrasting with the bleakness of 'Blood Meridian', McCarthy's earlier work, brought the writer much public attention. A bestseller, it won both the U.S. National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It is also the first of McCarthy's Border Trilogy, all of which are written in an unconventional format which omits traditional Western punctuation such as quotation marks and makes use of polysyndetic syntax in a manner similar to that of Ernest Hemingway. The book was adapted as a 2000 film starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz and directed by Billy Bob Thornton." (from wikipedia)
Seller: Fine Old Books Coastside, Montara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: First Printings, with The Crossing and Cities of the Plain each being the limited issue (one of 1,000 copies). Three octavo volumes (22cm); black paper and cloth-covered boards, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spines and front covers; brown and red topstains; [x],302,[8]; [viii],426; [viii],291,[7]pp. All the Pretty Horses is signed by McCarthy on the title page, with other two volumes signed on the tipped-in limitation page, as issued. First volume shows modest rubbing to backstrip, with rear board corners gently tapped (though still sharp); contents clean; Very Good+ or better in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with a faint, shallow stain along the lower rear panel. Second and third volumes show some trivial wear to jacket extremities, with some faint spotting and a tiny scuff to lower edge of textblock on Cities; Near Fine in Near Fine, unclipped dustjackets. 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 amount of money into marketing the novel, with pre-publication copies in five formats (including an attractive signed advance in a folding case) produced and widely-circulated. Few signings events were done for the novel, after which McCarthy, publicity shy and committed to a private life, would seldom do public events or book signings, opting to sign sheets to be tipped-in to subsequent books. All the Pretty Horses won both the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992, and served as the basis for Billy Bob Thorton's 2000 adaptation starring Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$8800.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. The Crossing is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jim and Brenda with love Cormac." The other two volumes are signed by Cormac McCarthy and additionally signed three times in each volume by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Cormac McCarthy's award-winning and best-selling trio of novels, The Border Trilogy, constitutes a genuine American epic. The young men in these novels come of age on Southwestern ranches in the 1930's, while across the border, Mexico beckons them with its desolate beauty and the cruel promise of a place where dreams are paid for in blood. The San Francisco Chronicle calls the trilogy "An American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century" and the Chicago Tribune exclaimed, "Make a place on your bookshelf. If you love classic narrative, quest stories, adventure stories of high order transformed by one of the lapidary masters of contemporary American fiction, now is your hour of triumph."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$11500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. Each volume is signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and each volume is signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd. All the Pretty Horses is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Vicki, With all the very best wishes from your friend Cormac." Each volume is signed by Chip Kidd on the half-title page, the front jacket panel and the rear jacket panel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box, which is boldly signed by Chip Kidd on the front panel. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. A unique set. Cormac McCarthy's award-winning and best-selling trio of novels, The Border Trilogy, constitutes a genuine American epic. The young men in these novels come of age on Southwestern ranches in the 1930's, while across the border, Mexico beckons them with its desolate beauty and the cruel promise of a place where dreams are paid for in blood. The San Francisco Chronicle calls the trilogy "An American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century" and the Chicago Tribune exclaimed, "Make a place on your bookshelf. If you love classic narrative, quest stories, adventure stories of high order transformed by one of the lapidary masters of contemporary American fiction, now is your hour of triumph."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. The Border Trilogy (Three 1st Editions). Knopf, 1992.
Price: US$12000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This signed first edition set of Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy is a must-have for any collector of rare and unique books. The cloth binding and 1st prints give this set a vintage and authentic feel. This particular set was published from 1992 to 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf and includes all three books in the trilogy. The books are all hand held and signed by Cormac McCarthy with inscriptions and amazing signatures that are 100% authentic as I have been buying and selling his signed books for many years now. Please do your own comparisons and you will see these are quite genuine. Important note, these are not tipped in signatures. Many examples on the market are examples of tipped in signatures. The signatures on tipped in pages are real yet McCarthy never held the books. He was simply sent blank sheets of paper he signed and returned to the book binder to be included into the books. This set is a rare example where he held each book, opened it to the appropriate page and wrote out an inscription as well as his signature. McCarthy granted only a handful of interviews in his career, never did public book signings, abhorred talking about writing and was very private and thus hand held and signed copies of his work are quite scarce. This set I put together over many years searching for the right copies. All The Pretty Horses - a first edition and first printing in VG + condition with some handling wear, some very slight toning and slightest softening to spine ends. Signed in black sharpie to Tom Cox. Jacket in about NF with trace edge wear and it is NOT price clipped. The Crossing - first edition and first printing - Fine book signed in black sharpie to American book dealer Gil Moody of Moody Books, fine jacket. Cities of the Plain - First edition and first printing - NF to Fine book with slightest handling wear and trace rubbing to boards but frankly it s not noticeable. A really nice example signed to Dwight in black Sharpie. Jacket about NF with ever so slight age toning. Not price clipped. . #cormacmccarthy #alltheprettyhorses #bloodmeridian #suttree #signedbooks #modernfirsteditions #signedfirsts #signedcormacmccarthy #bibliophile #rarebooks
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.