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Cities of the Plain: A Novel (Border Trilogy, Vol. 3)
by Cormac McCarthy
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679423907
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423904
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket, inscribed by Cormac McCarthy on the half title page. We supply a certificate of authenticity for the signature. First Edition stated on the copyright page and original price of $24.00 on the front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Synopsis
Cities of the Plain is the final volume of American novelist Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy . The title is a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah. The novel b rings together John Grady Cole from All the Pretty Horses and Billy Parnham from The Crossing . Cities of the Plain focuses on Parnham's doomed relationship with a young Mexican prostitute.
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- Bookbid Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1512013
- Title
- Cities of the Plain: A Novel (Border Trilogy, Vol. 3)
- Author
- Cormac McCarthy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679423907
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423904
- Publisher
- U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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