ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, SIGNED BY CORMAC MCCARTHY
MCCARTHY, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1992. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket.
First trade edition of the first novel in McCarthy’s acclaimed “Border Trilogy,” winner of the National Book Award, signed by the author on the half title. Exceptionally scarce signed.
“A taut, poetic evocation of the remote back country of south Texas and northern Mexico, strongly imagined and beautifully rendered by a very fine writer— one of our best—who deserves far more renown. The perception of horses is extraordinary, and Jimmy Blevins will take a place as one of the great characters of American literature” (Peter Matthiessen). While there were a very small number (estimated 250) of advance review copies issued with McCarthy’s signature on a tipped-in leaf, signed copies of the trade edition are extremely scarce. In addition, the advance review copies were issued in wrappers rather than in hardcover format, making this signed trade copy all the more desirable.
A fine signed copy.