Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island in1933 and spent most of his childhood near Knoxville, Tennessee, where his first novels are set. The Orchard Keeper (1965) won the Faulkner Award for a first novel; it was followed by Outer Dark (1968) McCarthy's scarce second novel.Outer Dark was published by Random House in 1968. The story involves Rinthy Holme, who bears her brother's child. Her brother, Culla, then takes the baby out to the woods to die, telling his sister the child died of natural causes. She spends the novel looking for the child while her brother tries to outrun his sin. Although published to great critical reviews, it sold poorly - a modest 2,705 copies.
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First editions of Outer Dark have$4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket and 'First Printing' stated on the copyright page. The back of the dust jacket has eight reviews from print sources.
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Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - Collectable - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0233956506
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- 1
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR
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$928.45
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Andre Deutsch, United Kingdom, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Collectable - Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ~~Missing dust-jacket~~VG- 1st printing 1st UK edition Andre Deutsch hardback, missing the jacket. Corners just a little pushed, some light spotting along top edge of pages, minor spine lean from previous usage, area of surface wear to lower rear of board… Read more about this item Item Price
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Outer Dark
by Cormac McCarthy
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1984-09-01
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0880010649
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- 1
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Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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$250.00
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Ecco Press, 1984-09-01. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. First thus clean tight and unmarked trade paperback. d36 Please email for photos. Item Price
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Outer Dark
by Cormac McCarthy
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good-
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- First
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- 1968
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AUS
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$1,319.60
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First Edition. VG with a clean and firm page block. Previous owner's address on ffep but otherwise unmarked. DJ is unclipped but worn at edges with a few tears and dings around the spine. Mylar protected. Item Price
$1,319.60
OUTER DARK
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- 1
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Stephenson, Virginia, USA
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$1,500.00
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New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. McCarthy's second novel set in Appalachia - dark, brooding, incestuous, and violent. Though published to great critical reviews both prior to and following publication, the novel sold poorly - a modest 2,705 copies. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); gray paper and turquoise cloth-covered boards, blocked and titled in silver, metallic blue, and black… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,500.00
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Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$2,000.00
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Random House, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good first edition in a very good dust jacket. First Printing stated on the copyright page. New endpapers and small splash stain on back cover, measuring about one inch by two inches. Comes in custom-made cloth slipcase. Item Price
$2,000.00
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Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1968
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,500.00
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New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original gray paper-covered boards over blue spine cloth lettered in black, silver and metallic blue. Near fine with light sunning to covers, light rubbing to spine lettering, pages toned with several spots of foxing. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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Outer Dark
by Cormac McCarthy
- Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lexington, Missouri, USA
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$450.00
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Random House, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ex-library book with typical marks, some wear to the covers and spine. Pages have some soiling to the margins; a solid reading copy. No jacket but a small piece tipped in. First edition of the author's second novel. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No:… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00
Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1993-06-29
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679728732
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- 1
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Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
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$11.82
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Vintage, 1993-06-29. Paperback. New. Item Price
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OUTER DARK
by CORMAC MCCARTHY
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- Used
- Edition
- FIRST
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PASADENA, California, USA
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$2,500.00
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A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET with tiny damp to just jacket. .
states first edition
In the original unclipped dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. .
The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO remainder mark to the bottom or top edges. No writing or bookplates. Item Price
$2,500.00
Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330314920
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$5.11
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Paperback. Acceptable. Item Price
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Outer Dark.
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1968
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- 1
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$9,500.00
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New York: Random House, 1968. First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. A superior example. Outer Dark is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in… Read more about this item Item Price
$9,500.00
Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 033051122X
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$3.84
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Paperback. Acceptable. Item Price
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Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330314920
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- 1
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$5.11
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- first
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$2,500.00
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Random House, 1968. first. hardcover. fine/near fine. First printing, as stated on copyright page. Book fine in near fine dust jacket, price-clipped. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Item Price
$2,500.00
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Outer Dark.
by McCARTHY, Cormac.
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- Used
- Published
- 1970
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London, GBR
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$1,245.17
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London: Andre Deutsch,, 1970. Hard people makes hard times First UK edition, first impression. Unlike McCarthy's other novels, Outer Dark takes place in fantastical setting, a twisted idea of rural Appalachia in a "world devoid of God, purpose, causality; a world where mankind appears only semi-literate and half-animal" (Geddes). It was first published in the USA in 1968. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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OUTER DARK
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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$532.00
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OUTER DARK, Andre Deutsch, 1970, first English edition, base of spine bumped, r.e.p. excised, some dust-soil to the t.p.e.'s, else fine in like dust-wrapper. The authors second book. Item Price
$532.00
Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Condition
- NEW
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679728732
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- 1
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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$17.00
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New York: Vintage/Random House, 1993. Later printing. Paperback. NEW. 242 pp. [21 cm] colorfully illustrated wraps. Set in an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. McCarthy's second novel sets the tone and raises the bar for the two Southern Gothic novels that would follow ('Child of God' and 'Suttree'). Item Price
$17.00
Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- New
- Quantity Available
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Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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$10.02
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Vintage. New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books! Item Price
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Outer Dark
by Cormac McCarthy
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Published
- 1993-06-29
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679728732
- Quantity Available
- 1
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$13.33
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Vintage, 1993-06-29. Paperback. Used: Good. Item Price
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Outer Dark
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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$1,395.00
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Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ hardcover in a Very Good- dust jacket which has been wrapped for protection. The staining to the top of the page block has some minor discoloration in spots. The dust jacket has some very minor edgewear and a couple of… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,395.00