Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy
First edition, first printing of McCarthy's magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels of all time.
New York: Random House, 1985. Publisher's original quarter crimson cloth over paper boards, spine titled in gilt, original dust jacket designed by Richard Adelson. A near fine copy in a very good or slightly better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy and square, bump to corner of rear board else minimal wear. Remainder mark to bottom edge of text block, minor rubbing to text block edges. Internally clean with no markings. Dust jacket remains bright and vivid, showing light shelfwear, with two closed tears near spine crown and one to back panel. An attractive copy, protected in archival mylar.