Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The third volume in the Border Trilogy. The other two books in the trilogy were the National Book Award winning "All The Pretty Horses" and "The Crossing." A very fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. One of 1,000 copies signed by McCarthy for friends of the author and publisher on a tipped-in page. A very fresh copy.

Cities of the Plain is the third novel in American author Cormac McCarthy’s 'Border Trilogy'. The novel was published in 1998, and it continues following the story of John Grady Cole, a young Texas cowboy, and Billy Parham, an older American cowboy, as their paths intertwine on a ranch near the U.S.-Mexico border.