Books

Complete set of McCarthy's trilogy. All The Pretty Horses is a Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good dust jacket and is SIGNED by McCarthy on large bookplate affixed to the second page. Ninth Printing, printed in July of 1992. The jacket has no statement of the National Book Award that this book would eventually win. The book and is in great shape with little to no sign of aging or wear. The dust jacket is price-clipped, though outwardly bright and attractive. The Crossing and Cities on the Plain are both First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine hardcovers in Very Good dust jackets with only minor aging along the edges. Overall an attractive set with McCarthy's elusive signature.

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.