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Cormac McCarthy. Blood Meridian. New York: Random House, 1985.. First edition. Octavo. 337 pages.. Red cloth ove...
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"It may be the bloodiest book since The Iliad."
Cormac McCarthy. Blood Meridian. New York: Random House, 1985.First edition. Octavo. 337 pages.
Red cloth over boards. Gilt lettering to spine. A wonderful copy in fine condition of one of McCarthy's most sought-after books.
Richard B. Woodward, writing in the New York Times, noted that the "collision between the inflated prose of the 19th-century and nasty reality gives Blood Meridian its strange, hellish character. It may be the bloodiest book since The Iliad."
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2009 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #6030 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2009
16th-17th
Friday-Saturday
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