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The book is in good condition. This is an exlibrary book with several stamp marks and a bookplate in the rear. There is a tape mark to the top and bottom of the front and rear cover. The pages are clean and free of foxing. The book comes with its rare original dustjacket. The jacket is in good condition. It is missing a piece of its bottom rear edge, as shown above. It is not price clipped. The book is a stated first edition, printed by Random House in 1965. A rare first edition of McCarthy's classic work.

The Orchard Keeper was Cormac McCarthy's first novel, a work of rich, poetic prose, telling the intertwining tales of a rural trio trapped by acts of violence and a mysteriously connected orchard.