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Cities of the Plain
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
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About This Item
New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1998. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Signed limited edition of Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy.. Octavo, 292pp. Half black morocco, title in gilt on spine, marbled paper covered boards. Solid text block, touch of wear to spine, otherwise fine. Housed in the publisher's red cloth slipcase, author's title in gilt on front panel. One of 350 numbered copies and fifty deluxe copies, this being number 231. Signed by the author on the limitation page. This is the final book in the Border Trilogy, preceded by All The Pretty Horses (1992) and The Crossing (1994). In addition to this trilogy, Cormac McCarthy's literary achievements include the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Road," a haunting exploration of post-apocalyptic survival, and "Blood Meridian," a violent and poetic masterpiece set in the 19th-century American West. McCarthy's works often delve into the human condition, weaving themes of morality, existentialism, and the harsh realities of life with a unique and unparalleled narrative skill.
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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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15256
- Title
- Cities of the Plain
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy.
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- B.E. Trice
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- The Road McCarthy, first edition Cormac McCarthy, signed book Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men McCarthy, All the pretty horses McCarthy, The Crossing McCarthy
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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