Books

Random House, 1968. Hardcover in original dustjacket. Book in FINE/Unread condition. Dust Jacket in NEAR FINE condition. 1st Edition. First Edition and first printing. The second novel by the author of ALL THE PRETTY HORSES and BLOOD MERIDIAN, the story of a woman who bears her brother's child and leaves it in the woods to die. Signed by author on the half title page. Photos available. $ 12000.

Outer Dark is a novel by Cormac McCarthy, published in 1968. It tells the story of a woman named Rinthy who gives birth to her brother's child and the subsequent events that unfold as they drift separately through an unforgiving landscape. The novel is noted for its explorations of human morality and its stark and lyrical prose.