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Suttree (First Edition, First Printing)
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394482131
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482132
- Seller
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Farmington, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
A$7,747.00A$6,197.60
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (number line to 2 with "First Edition" printed below - the code Random House used in the 70s and 80s to indicate a first printing). New York, Random House, 1979. Book is FINE except for very light staining on the front and back paste-down endpapers, binding tight and square, gilt lettering shows no wear. Dust Jacket is FINE with only light edge wear at the top of the spine, no chips, no tears, price is not clipped ($12.95). This is a beautiful collectible copy of McCarthy's fourth novel which has not been remainder marked as is the case with most of this title. It is housed in a beautiful heavy-duty custom-made slipcase with copies of the dust jacket front on the front and back of the case. Case made by Casemaker. Fast shipping from a smoke-free shop.
Synopsis
Suttree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Cormac McCarthy, published in 1979. Set in 1951 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the novel follows Cornelius Suttree, who has repudiated his former life of privilege to become a fisherman on the Tennessee River. The novel has a fragmented structure with many flashbacks and shifts in grammatical person. Suttree has been compared to James Joyce's Ulysses, John Steinbeck's Cannery Row , and Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . The novel took McCarthy 20 years to write, and he was 46 when it was published in 1979.
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Reviews
On Feb 2 2024, a reader said:
Knoxville, Tennessee in the early 1950s serves as the main setting for Suttree. The main character, Cornelius Suttree, is a fisherman who resides on the river in a run-down houseboat. Having become estranged from his well-known family, he has turned away from the society they stand for in favor of a different reality where people lead unstable, violent, and frequently desperate lives. "McCarthy is a writer to he read, to be admired, and quite honestly- envied" (Ralph Ellison, 1994). I had also reviewed this book on shabd.in
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Details
- Bookseller
- McInBooks, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3608 M592
- Title
- Suttree (First Edition, First Printing)
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394482131
- ISBN 13
- 9780394482132
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
McInBooks, IOBA
I guarantee my books 100%. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, notify me for return directions. Return it in same condition sent, and I will gladly issue a full refund.
About the Seller
McInBooks, IOBA
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Farmington, New Mexico
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Welcome to McInBooks. I specialize in Modern Signed First Editions and other Fine Books.
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- Spine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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