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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book Two, the Border Trilogy. This is one of the copies prepared for Kroch and Brentano's first edition club, signed on a tipped-in page at the front. This version is much less common than the version signed on a sheet giving a limitation of 1000 copies. The Ahearns, in their Author Price Guide for this title, (7e) cite booksellers giving print runs from 483 to 530 copies. In any case, an uncommon variant. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is signed by McCarthy on a tipped-in page at the front, as issued. From the Tom Garner collection.

The Crossing is the second novel in the Border Trilogy series by Cormac McCarthy. The story centers around a young man named Billy Parham who captures a wolf that has been preying on livestock and his journey across the border into Mexico. The novel explores themes of fate, suffering, and the pastoral versus the industrial world.

First editions of 'The Crossing' published by Alfred A. Knopf may be identified by the presence of 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page along with the full number line that includes '1'.