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The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First editions. First editions. Both The Crossing and Cities of the Plain are signed by Cormac McCarthy on tipped-in leaves at front, each one of 1,000 copies especially prepared for friends of the author and publisher. There was no signed publisher's gift copy issued for All the Pretty Horses. Complete in three volumes, bound in publisher's black cloth and boards, lettered in gilt.Fine in Fine dust jackets. Cities of the Plain is also an advance review copy with publisher's slip and b/w photo of the author laid in. Provenance: from the collection of Kevin Hunsanger.
A complete first edition set of McCarthy's acclaimed trio of novels, in excellent shape with both volumes that were issued as signed limited editions present.
Synopsis
Cormac McCarthy is the author of The Orchard Keeper , Outer Dark , Child of God , Suttree , and Blood Meridian . All the Pretty Horses , the first volume of The Border Trilogy , won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Details
- Seller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 140945086
- Title
- The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First editions
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- border trilogy, signed limited, advance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Publisher's Slip
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
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