McCarthy, Cormac | A first edition of the author's magnum opus

McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, 1985

8vo (214 x 141 mm). Half-title, pictorial title page. Publisher's red cloth over red boards, spine gilt lettered, in original pictorial dustjacket; no remainder mark, 1 or 2 almost imperceptible closed tears to head of dustjacket. A near pristine copy. In a grey slipcase with folding chemise.

First edition of McCarthy's magnum opus. A fine copy of one of the most significant American novels of the late twentieth century.