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Based on incidents that took place in the southwestern United States and Mexico around 1850, this novel chronicles the crimes of a band of desperados, with a particular focus on one, "the kid," a boy of fourteen
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Review
McCarthy distances us not only from the historical past, not only from our cowboy-and-Indian images of it, but also revisionist theories that make white men the villains and Indians the victims. All men are unremittingly bloodthirsty here, poised at a peak of violence, the "meridian" from which their civilization will quickly fall. (New York Times Book Review)
Blood Meridian is his masterpiece . . . An astonishing sanguinary epic dealing with the Indian wars of the 1840s in West Texas and Mexico . . . Unlike anything I have ever read in recent years, an extraordinary, breathtaking achievement. (John Banville Observer)
McCarthy's achievement is to establish a new mythology which is as potent and vivid as that of the movies, yet one which has absolutely the opposite effect . . . He is a great writer. (Independent)
A bloody and starkly beautiful tale (Stephen Amidon Sunday Times)
Possibly the greatest American novel of the past 25 years. (Aleksandar Hemon, author of THE LAZARUS PROJECT and NOWHERE MAN)
Unlike anything I have read in recent years, an extraordinary, breathtaking achievement. (John Banville)
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'I have rarely encountered anything as powerful, as unsettling, or as memorable as Blood Meridian . . . A nightmare odyssey' Evening Standard
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- PublisherRandom House Inc
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 039454482X
- ISBN 13 9780394544823
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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ISBN 10: 039454482X
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Light soiling, excellent corners. Interior is clean and unmarked in excellent condition. First edition. First printing, with correct number line. 337 pages. Seller Inventory # 016214
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Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
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ISBN 10: 039454482X
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); [x],337pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $17.95 price intact; boards in red paper and darker red cloth with gilt lettering and red foil rules to spine. Dust jacket toned and lightly creased along edges; small chip to top of spine and bottom and very short closed tear to base. Light wear to edges of boards; general rubbing and a few stains and smudges. Mild lean to boards but binding is sound. Stain to fore-edge of text block, briefly affecting margins of preliminaries, else interior unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of McCarthy's fifth novel, a horrifying anti-Western generally regarded as his magnum opus. Seller Inventory # 32461
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Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West
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8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. 337pp. Stated first edition with correct number line. Maroon boards with darker maroon cloth spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Textblock has slightest cant, pointed corners. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, small impression on back board, foxing on textblock edges; moderate+ jacketwear, jacket edge and cornerwear, small edge tears, light blush on flaps, foxing on inner head, shallow impressions on jacket back. Seller Inventory # 103640
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Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West
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ISBN 10: 039454482X
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Seller: Mike Murray - Bookseller LLC, East Windsor, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Certain events which took place in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in 1849 and 1850 provide the framework of the author's fifth book. Blood Meridian can thus be called a historical novel, but it will never be referred to as a Romance of the Old West. Upper board corners lightly bumped. Slight foxing to top of textblock. Dust jacket has a few small tears. No remainder mark. Seller Inventory # 009778
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words First Edition and correct number line printed on the copyright page. Excellent, unread copy of McCarthy s masterpiece, the fifth novel by the unrivaled Pulitzer Prize-winning author. The book block has 2 minor issues: on interior front pastedown, in lower right side is some scuffing (1 x ½ ); and a fairly light water stain(?) on the back board (see photo). Otherwise, the interior is like new, with no writing or marks, and the corners are square, the binding is tight and boards are crisp. No remainder mark. The two bottom corners of the jacket are chipped (see photo) and a very tiny tear at top of front jacket, and lastly, a 2 almost imperceptible crease at the right bottom of the front flap. Otherwise, the jacket is fine with vibrant colors. The corners of the jacket are perfectly square. Blood Meridian (1985) was among Time Magazine's poll of 100 best English-language books published between 1925 and 2005. Seller Inventory # gt447
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A First Edition, First Printing. Near fine and appears unread in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Except for a remainder mark on the top edge, volume is without flaw. Jacket has just a trifle of shelf wear along the rear panel bottom edge. Seller Inventory # 9189
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Near Fine mylar protected dust jacket. First Printing/First Edition of this Modern American Classic. With the number line down to "2" on the copyright page which was common practice by Random House at the time to denote a First Printing. The book is Very Good with some light stains to the top of the front and rear boards (see photos). The gilt authors name and publisher's name on the spine are slightly faded. The text is clean and fresh without markings, underlining or marginal notations. The mylar protected dust jacket is Near Fine with just very light shelf wear. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request. Seller Inventory # 120707001
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Salvador Dali (Dust Jcket Art) (illustrator). First Edition / First Printing. Apparently unread book is tight & square with previous owners name neatly printed in ink on the top of the ffep. It is a Stated "First Edition" with the Random House complete number line "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3" on the copyright page as required to be a True Random House First Edition / First printing. There is slight areas of foxing on the top page block edge. The gold printing on the spine of the book is blurred and was obviously a printing error. There is NO remainder mark, which is uncommon for this book. Most copies were sent back to the publisher and remaindered. There were only 5000 First Printings The mylar protected DJ is price-intact . ($17.95) and is in lovely condition. Seller Inventory # 001596
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ISBN 10: 039454482X
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Hardcover. Octavo, 337 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Burgundy spine with red and orange lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$17.95", has mild shelving wear along the extremities and a small closed tear along the rear tail edge. Boards have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has a small stain on the "Books by" page and mild shelving wear along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 7. An early copy, without the usual later remainder mark. "Blood Meridian" was Cormac McCarthy's fifth novel, a dark and bloody western which, though well recieved by some critics, was an immense commercial failure, with fewer than 1,500 selling of a 5,000 book run. However, after the success of McCarthy's "The Border Triolgy", many revisited his older works, "Blood Meridian" in particular gaining immense popularity. Today, "Blood Meridian" is hailed as McCarthy's magnum opus with many considering it one of the greatest American novels ever written. "Blood Meridian" has seen several attempts at a film adaptation since 1995, it's most recent attempt happening in 2023 headed by John Hilcoat, who had previously adapted McCarthy's novel "The Road" 1391938. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue Dust Jacket. Seller Inventory # 1391938
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Blood Meridian: Or, The Evening Redness in The West
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ISBN 13: 9780394544823
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 337 pages. The fifth novel, a brilliant and incredibly violent book from the author of "All The Press Horses" and the recent "Stella Maris" and "The Passenger." A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine and with the usual remainder mark to the bottom edge of the pages and in a near fine dust jacket with a few miniscule nicks and some other very minor edge wear. A very nice copy of one of the most powerful novels of the 20th century. Seller Inventory # 203631
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