McCarthy, Cormac (1989) ‘Blood Meridian’, UK uncorrected proof

Cormac McCarthy (1989) ‘Blood Meridian Or the Evening Redness in the West‘, UK uncorrected proof, published by Picador.

Condition: a fine copy or very close to it as shown. A very scarce proof.

Provenance: from the Dr Philip Murray collection.

‘Blood Meridian’ was initially a slow sale in the US. In Britain Picador picked up the novel four years later for publication. Today the novel is regarded as McCarthy masterpiece and the book made it on several best novel of the past 25; 100 years; best of American literature etc.