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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Pp. 290. Advance reading copy in wrappers. Sent out by the publisher to promote the book prior to publication. Rumour has it that McCarthy signed about 200 of the 400 printed. A very fine copy, signed my McCarthy on the front endpaper. Good provenance, upon request.

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.