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London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First Edition. 246 pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Previous owner's name neatly written in pen on the free end paper. Free of marks or inscriptions; light wear. Unclipped wrapper has modest chipping. A lovely example of the author's first book. Awarded the 1965 William Faulkner Award for best first novel and launched McCarthy's career as one America's most celebrated authors.

The Orchard Keeper was Cormac McCarthy's first novel, a work of rich, poetic prose, telling the intertwining tales of a rural trio trapped by acts of violence and a mysteriously connected orchard.