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FIRST EDITIONS. 1st impressions. Three Volumes. 8vo. (8.6 x 6.1 inches). Fine, bright copies in the publishers fine original dustwrappers, designed by Chip Kidd. A fine set of true first editons of this hugely popular trilogy. There is some confusion about a probable trial issue dustwrapper for the first title, with no advance praise notices on the lower panel and lacking the blue capital letter 'A' at the start of the blurb inside the front flap. This wrapper was not officially issued with the published book. The first edition wrapper, as issued on day of publication, has the price of $21.00 on the inner front flap and the number code '5/92' at the bottom of the inner rear flap. The wrapper on All the Pretty horses in this set has both of these points.

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.