Description
The first edition, first printing of Suttree by Cormac McCarthy, in the publisher’s first state dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by Cormac McCarthy.
Octavo, [8], 471pp. Light yellow boards, black cloth spine, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated “First Edition” on the copyright page, with the publisher’s full number line. Dust remnant along top edge of text block, faint foxing to leaf ends. Light offsetting to endpapers, solid text block, a very good example. Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell, title in gilt over label on the spine. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $12.95 on the front flap, photograph of the author on the rear cover by Dan Moore. Jacket shows light shelf wear to covers, bright illustrations, a near fine example.
Signed on the half-title: “For Gregory / with all best wishes / Cormac McCarthy.”
This copy is from the private collection of Gregory Amenoff, Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts at Columbia University. Amenoff was President of the National Academy of Design from 2001-2005 and a founding member of the CUE Art Foundation. A good friend of Professor Amenoff’s became close to Mr.McCarthy when he was living in El Paso. During visits to his friend to El Paso in the late 1980’s and early 1990″s Amenoff was introduced to Mr. McCarthy and had occasion to ask him if he could sign few of his most significant works, The books have been in his collection since then.
