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All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy
Coming-of-age
Western
Romanticism
Hardcover
USD$748

Description

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1992-94-98. First editions, first printings, of The Border Trilogy, a coming-of-age Western series set between the US and Mexico. The first instalment, All the Pretty Horses, brought McCarthy widespread success, won him the National Book Award in 1992, and was adapted into the film of 2000, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. Three works, octavo. Original dark blue quarter cloth, spines lettered in gilt, dark blue paper-covered sides stamped with author's gilt initials on front and publisher's blind device on rear, fore edges untrimmed, top edge of The Crossing brown and Cities of the Plain red. With dust jackets. Title pages printed in black and green, brown, or red. Light foxing to edges of second work, else clean; sharp jackets unclipped, small dye transfer to head of final work's spine: a near-fine set in fine jackets.

About All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. It is a coming-of-age story following the protagonist, John Grady Cole, as he travels from Texas to Mexico in search of a more romantic vision of what it means to be a cowboy. The novel combines themes of identity, disillusionment, and the harsh realities of life in the 20th-century American West.