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Cormac McCarthy. Outer Dark (with signed Orin Borsten card). Random House, 1968.
Price: US$5300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . Author: Cormac McCarthy Title: Outer Dark Publisher: Random House Year Published: 1968 Edition: First Edition, First Printing . McCarthy s second novel, included is a laid in card signed for Orin Borsten! Orin Borsten was a well known Hollywood publicist and he also wrote stage and screenplays. Borsten most famously co-authored the William Faulkner biography, A Loving Gentleman: The Love Story of William Faulkner and Meta Carpenter , in 1976. He also has writing credits on the screenplays for Angel Baby (1961) and Outer Limits (1963), among others. . A fabulous association and one can imagine what drew the two together was a mutual affinity for William Faulkner. The card displays a vintage 1970 s style McCarthy inscription and signature, highly sought after as he signed much more infrequently prior to All the Pretty Horses. . Book: VG with some foxing to text block. Spine ends very slightly pushed. Light toning to top edge and topstain. Taut binding, square and sturdy. Sharp corners, clean internally. Nice gilt lettering to spine. . Jacket: VG or perhaps a touch better. Chip to top crown and a couple of very small closed tears to top rear panel, some soiling at edges and flap gutters where the jacket is white. The $4.95 price is intact and not clipped. Overall a really neat copy with great association and early McCarthy signature! . Note: Check out my other listing for a Child of God which has likewise been signed to Orin Borsten! . #cormacmccarthy #bloodmeridian #orinborsten #outerdark #signedbooks #modernfirsteditions #suttree #nocountryforoldmen #bookstore #bookshop #books4ewe #bookish #booktok #booksthatmatter #bookseller #rarebooks #bibliophile #bookcollection #bookcollector
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.
McCarthy, Cormac. Outer Dark. Random House, New York, 1968.
Price: US$6000.00 + 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 minor wear to the edges. 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 light wear to the spine. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a fabulous copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Cormac McCarthy First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Outer Dark. Random House, 1968.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Random House, 1968. Hardcover in original dustjacket. Book in FINE/Unread condition. Dust Jacket in NEAR FINE condition. 1st Edition. First Edition and first printing. The second novel by the author of ALL THE PRETTY HORSES and BLOOD MERIDIAN, the story of a woman who bears her brother's child and leaves it in the woods to die. Signed by author on the half title page. Photos available. $ 7500
Seller: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
McCarthy, Cormac. Outer Dark.. Random House, New York, 1968.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. A superior example. Outer Dark is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in Appalachia sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution. "A profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time" (Time).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Cormac McCarthy. Outer Dark (Dr. Philip Murray s copy). Random House, 1968.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Random House, 1968 - McCarthy, Cormac, Outer Dark. First edition & first printing signed by McCarthy on the half title page. McCarthy s second novel. A dark and brooding novel fraught with violence, incest and murder. Quarter cloth, paper boards in first issue publishers dust jacket. The Book was most recently purchased from Fonsie Mealy s auction house (lot 568) who auctioned off the remainder of Dr. Philip Murray s extensive book collection. Murray was an avid collector and got to be friends with McCarthy over the years, with the reclusive author even coming to visit in Ireland. Murray was a general practitioner in County Sligo, Ireland. Full letter of provenance. Book in VG or slightly better, clean internally and tightly bound. Sharp corners with brier fixing to text block. Jacket in VG, price clipped example, trace rubbing, soiling and a couple closed tears. Trace edge west. A fabulous example with an early McCarthy signature and accompanying documentation. A rare signed copy.
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.