Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Omnibus Edition. Fine/Fine. First omnibus edition, first printing. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on a tipped in sheet. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering blocked in black. Fine, with light fraying to end of ribbon place-holder, in Fine unclipped dust jacket. Collects the three novels of McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing and Cities of the Plain.

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.