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No Country for Old Men.
by McCARTHY, Cormac
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New Orleans: B. E. Trice,, 2005. A heated story that brands the reader's mind as if seared by a knife heated upon campfire flames First edition, signed limited issue, number 107 of 400 copies signed by the author. The book was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 2007, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. Author William J. Cobb praised the book: "has conjured up a heated story that brands the reader's mind as if seared by a knife heated upon campfire flames. He is nothing less than our greatest living writer, and this is a novel that must be read and remembered, a jeremiad against the depravity that lurks on the horizon, the anguish that burns the borderland of the Americas". Octavo. Original quarter half morocco, marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, single gilt rule on covers, brown endpapers. With the original red cloth slipcase. A fine copy. William J. Cobb, "No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy", Chron, 17 July 2005, available online.
Synopsis
No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Set along the United States and Mexico border in 1980, the story concerns an illicit drug deal gone wrong in a remote desert location. The title comes from the poem "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. The book was adapted into the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163280
- Title
- No Country for Old Men.
- Author
- McCARTHY, Cormac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans: B. E. Trice,
- Date Published
- 2005
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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