SUTTREE - SIGNED
$8,750 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); black cloth and pale yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-471,[1]pp. Signed by the author in black pen on the half-title page. Remainder mark to upper edge of textblock, spine slightly concave, with some shallow soiled spots to paper board edges; contents are clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $12.95), lightly edgeworn, with a few small abraded spots along upper edge, a few diagonal creases to front flap, and mild toning on verso; Very Good+. Housed in a custom slipcase. McCarthy's semi-autobiographical fourth novel set in the early 1950's, following Cornelius Suttree, who has repudiated his life of privilege to spend his life as a fisherman on the Tennessee River. Though now widely considered one of McCarthy's most serious and ambitious works, drawing comparisons to Ulysses, Cannery Row, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, fewer than 3,000 copies of the first printing were sold at the time of publication prior to being remaindered. 8457.
- Publisher: Random House
- Year: 1979
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: unknown
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