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McCarthy, Cormac. CHILD OF GOD. Random House, New York, 1973.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of McCarthy's third novel, a work of great vigor and depravity praised by the optimistic but anonymous jacket copywriter as "perhaps the most accessible of McCarthy's novels." Perhaps. CHILD OF GOD considers the limits of human degradation, a topic of interest to the author in his pathbreaking youth just as it would be in his illustrious and acclaimed old age. The novel was the occasion of a literary achievement against which all the hollow machinery of latter-day Hollywood could avail nothing; its ill-conceived 2013 film adaptation at the hands of a much-overmatched James Franco soon fell from the world and left no marks in its passing. Presented with a card signed by McCarthy's legendary Random House editor, Albert Erskine, a gentleman of the old school who left no recorded objections to the novel's necrophilia and merely requested from his author some elaboration of the details (Luce). 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter navy cloth with red boards and gilt-lettered spine. In original price-clipped dust jacket designed by Muriel Nasser. 197, [3] pages. Old bookstore price sticker and penciled price to front paste-down, unobtrusive. Trace shelfwear. Overall, bright, clean, and sharp.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Child of God. Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1973.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. Scarce third book by McCarthy. Previous owners name on ffep. and 4 numbers written on front pastedown. rubbing to lower spine. DJ rubbed with small sticker residue on front and 2" closed tear at lower spine with tape repair on verso, spine sunned. $5.95 price intact on DJ flap; mylar protected. 197 pages. Attached to half-title page is a card SIGNED and inscribed by author: "Thanks, Cormac McCarthy- I was born in R.I. also!". Author's scarce third novel in unclipped DJ. (Bonus: Comes with a unsingned very good later printing hardcover copy of McCarthy's novel "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. 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.