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CITIES OF THE PLAIN
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679423907
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423904
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The third and final volume of the prize-winning McCarthy's, "The Border Trilogy," finds John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, in 1952 on a ranch in southern New Mexico, bound together by a kind of life based on horses and cattle and range that is still missing something and that requires regular visits across the border for whiskey and women. There, John Grady falls in love with a young prostitute with not unexpected results. First Printing, First Trade Edition (as stated). About 6 x 9 1/2 inches, 293 pages including dedication. Quarter bound in black cloth on black paper-covered boards with author's initials stamped in gold on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Top edge of text stained red. Pictorial dustjacket shows photo of a large fire burning across wheat fields (Wheat Stubble Fire, Eastern Colorada, 1992, by Larry Schwarm) on both front and back panels, photo of author on back flap. Tiny remainder dot on bottom edge of text, o/w text and boards are clean, complete and unmarked; binding tight and square. No bumping or chipping or significant wear. Dustjacket shows only quite minor surface scratching and rubbing, no tears or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005545
- Title
- CITIES OF THE PLAIN
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0679423907
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423904
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, WESTERN, FIRST EDITION, NEW MEXICO, 1950S, WHORES, RANCHES, COWBOYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; Fine Literature; Historical Novel;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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