Blood Meridian (First Edition, First Printing)

McCarthy, Cormac

ISBN 10: 039454482X / ISBN 13: 9780394544823

Published by Random House, New York, 1985

About this Item

FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING (number line to 2 with "First Edition" printed below - the code Random House used in the 1980s to indicate a first printing). New York, Random House, 1985. Book is FINE and appears to be unread, no marks. Only visible flaw is very light foxing on the top text block edge. Binding is tight and square, gilt lettering on spine is bright, no wear, no bumps, and no remainder mark , not ex-library. Dust Jacket is FINE with no noticeable wear, no fading, no chips, no tears, price is not clipped ($17.95). A sharp copy of what many consider McCarthy's best work housed in a beautiful heavy-duty custom-made slipcase with copies of the dust jacket front on the front and back of the case. Case made by Casemaker. Fast shipping from a smoke-free shop. Seller Inventory # 3604 M588

Bibliographic Details

Title: Blood Meridian (First Edition, First ...

Publisher: Random House, New York

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

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

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)