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Blood Meridian, Or the Evening Redness in the West
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Blood Meridian, Or the Evening Redness in the West Hardcover - 1989

by McCarthy, Cormac


About this book

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West, is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It was McCarthy's fifth book and was published by Random House. The narrative follows a teenage runaway referred to only as "the kid", with the bulk of the text devoted to his experiences with the Glanton gang, a historical group of scalp hunters who massacred Indians and others on the United States–Mexico borderlands in 1849 and 1850.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Blood Meridian was published by Random House in 1985. The first edition had a pride stamp of $17.95 on the front flap. The first edition can be identified by the following criteria: First Edition is stated on the copyright page below Random House number line "24689753". Red cloth spine with gilt titles. The back of the dust jacket has a photo of the author, with “Photo Credit Mark Morrow” on the bottom left corner, and "394-54482-X" on the bottom right corner.

Details

  • Title Blood Meridian, Or the Evening Redness in the West
  • Author McCarthy, Cormac
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Publisher Picador, London
  • Date 1989
  • ISBN 9780330304498
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Blood Meridan, or, The evening redness in the West

Blood Meridan, or, The evening redness in the West

by McCarthy, Cormac

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London : Picador, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 337p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Indians of North America ; Fiction.
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Blood Meridan, or, The evening redness in the West

Blood Meridan, or, The evening redness in the West

by McCarthy, Cormac

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used
Edition
First UK Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780330304498
ISBN 10
0330304496
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Galway, Ireland
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
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London : Picador, 1989. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 337p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Glanton Gang ; Fiction. Indians of North America ; Fiction.
Item Price
NZ$1,469.60
NZ$48.90 shipping to USA