MCCARTHY, Cormac The Border Trilogy [All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing & Cities of the Plain] New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-1998.
8vo., 3 vols; quarter black cloth over black boards, lettered in gilt to spine, with author's initials in gilt to upper board; photographic dust jackets designed by Chip Kidd; upper edge of vols 2 and 3 stained red; pp. [xiv], 5-301, [ix]; [x], 5-425, [i]; [x], 5-291, [vii]; titles printed in turquoise, brown and red consecutively; upper edge of vol 2 slightly faded, else fine copies all.
First editions.
McCarthy's trilogy revolves around the coming of age and adventures of two young cowboys, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, and is mainly set on the border between the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The first volume All the Pretty Horses, was the winner of the National Book Award, and later adapted into a feature-length film starring Matt Damon.
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