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Cormac McCarthy. Blood Meridian, True First Edition, SIGNED. Random Housr, 1985.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: BLOOD MERIDIAN, Cormac McCarthy (1985), True First Edition. Random House, 1985. SIGNED BY MCCARTHY on a tipped-in page. Condition: Near Fine Book, with red remainder mark on top page edges. Near Fine Dustjacket.
Seller: JayLin Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Mccarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian. Random House, New York, 1985.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Cormac Mccarthy on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with NO chips or tears. This original first issue dustjacket has the publisher's price present on the front flap with slight wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with NO remainder mark. The pages are clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this true first edition SIGNED by the author. We buy Cormac McCarthy First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.. Random House, New York, 1985.
Price: US$20000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's fifth novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original half red cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr). Time magazine included Blood Meridian in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". In 2006 The New York Times conducted a poll of writers and critics regarding the most important works in American fiction from the previous 25 years, and Blood Meridian was a runner-up.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.. Random House, New York, 1985.
Price: US$30000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's fifth novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original half red cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For John & Lanelle With much love Cormac." The recipients were close friends of McCarthy during his time spent in Knoxsville, Tennessee. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr). Time magazine included Blood Meridian in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". In 2006 The New York Times conducted a poll of writers and critics regarding the most important works in American fiction from the previous 25 years, and Blood Meridian was a runner-up.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian. Random House, New York, 1985.
Price: US$35000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Cormac McCarthy and inscribed to a former owner on the half title page, "For Ken / This one's for you / All best [signed] Cormac". Bound in publisher's crimson cloth quarter cloth over red paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, ruled in red. Erasure mark to front free endpaper, still Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A stunning copy of the author's fifth novel, which though published to lukewarm praise is now viewed as his magnum opus.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.. Random House, New York, 1985.
Price: US$48000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, "For John Sheddan At Saxon Oaks Manor In April of 1985 All the best, old friend Cormac." The recipient, John Sheddan was a close friend of McCarthyâs. âSome of McCarthyâs friends claim that the character Gene Harrogate (a character in McCarthyâs novel, Suttree), or at least his watermelon venture, was based in some way on John Sheddan, âscholar, schemer, hustler, melon paramourâ (Gibson 23)â¦.However in a letter of response to Gibsonâs article, Knoxvillian Buzz Kelley writes that Sheddan was âprobably McCarthyâs best and most loyal friend from the Knoxville crowd,â holder of two masterâs degrees, and not at all âa violator of vegetables nor one to fornicate with fruitsâ (Dianne C. Luce, Reading the World: Cormac McCarthyâs Tennessee Period). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Next to the dedication copy, this is the best association possible. "Blood Meridian seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian" (Harold Bloom). McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece" (Michael Herr).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.