Description
The first edition, first printing of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
Octavo, [9], 337pp. Red hardcover, cloth spine, title stamped in gilt. Stated “First Edition” with a full number line. This copy appears unread. Light dust remnant along top of text block, internally fine. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $17.95 on the front flap, photography by Mark Morrow on rear panel, touch of shelf wear, light red stain to verso at head of the spine, no impact to front panels, a near fine example.
Housed in custom black cloth clamshell.
Published in 1985, Blood Meridian is now widely regarded as Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece and one of the defining works of late twentieth-century American literature. A radical reimagining of the Western, the novel draws on the historical record of the Glanton gang to produce a stark meditation on violence and moral order, rendered in McCarthy’s distinctive, biblical prose. It was a finalist for the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award, and its reputation has grown since its publication.
