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New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1998. First Edition / Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dj. Fine in publisher's maroon cloth slipcase box.. First Edition / Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies numbered and SIGNED by McCarthy out of a total edition of 350. This edition sold out long before publication. Unlike previous Trice editions, it uses different paper while retaining the same typeface and features Trice's title-page design instead of Knopf's. This is the third book in the acclaimed BORDER TRILOGY, which began with ALL THE PRETTY HORSES and THE CROSSING. 8vo, bound in half tan leather over marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.

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.

First editions published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998 typically state 'First Edition' along with a series of numbers that include the number '1' present on the copyright page.