THE ROAD by McCarthy, Cormac (Author); DuBois, Gerard (Artist/Illustrator) & Chabon, Michael (Contributor) - 2021

London, England: The Folio Society, 2021. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. London, England: The Folio Society, 2021. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 183 pages. New And Definitive Edition of the author's tenth novel. One of Cormac McCarthy's finest achievements. The First Folio Society Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Folio Society Edition is a British Import title only. None of the copies were sold commercially in the United States. The First Folio Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Gerard DuBois: Regular-sized volume format. Wraparound pictorial cloth boards with titles on the spine, as issued. Text by Cormac McCarthy, in its final, definitive version. Art by Gerard Dubois. Essay, "After The Apocalypse", by Michael Chabon. Pale gray hard board slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated "Abbey Wove" stock paper in Vicenza, Italy to the highest standards. If cared for, protected, and kept properly, this book will last, post-Apocalyptically, 1000 years, by L. E. G. O. Italy archival standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a handsome collectible format, Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". By enduring critical and popular consensus, the author's triumphant return to top form after a long hiatus. "In our age of relentless saber-rattling by global powers, it is not much of a leap to feel his vision could be not far off the mark nor, sadly, right around the corner. Stealing across this horrific landscape are an unnamed man and his emaciated son. It is the love the father feels for his son, a love as deep and acute as his grief, that could surprise readers of McCarthy's previous work, as his Gnostic impressions of Mankind have left very little place for love" (Dennis Lehane) . "If God meant to interfere in the degeneracy of Mankind, would He not have done so by now?" (Cormac McCarthy) . An absolute "must-have" title for Cormac McCarthy collectors. <B><i> This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the First Folio Society Slipcased Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This is a British Import title only. None of the copies were sold commercially in the United States. The First Folio Edition is now scarce. A scarce copy thus. </B></i> Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" is regarded by Harold Bloom as the greatest American novel of the last quarter of the 20th century. "Blood Meridian" and "The Border Trilogy" were selected by The New York Times panel of writers, critics, and editors as among the Top 20 greatest works of American fiction of the last 25 years. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2007 for "The Road". One of the greatest novelists of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CORMAC MCCARTHY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).