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OUTER DARK
by CORMAC MCCARTHY
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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PASADENA, California, United States
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About This Item
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.
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.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- VAGABOND BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VBF 267
- Title
- OUTER DARK
- Author
- CORMAC MCCARTHY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- RANDOM
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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