Books

Random House. New York. 1965. 246 pages. First edition, second printing stated. Included is a vintage, loosely laid in non-adhesive bookplate signed by Cormac McCarthy. Original issue DJ with $4.95 price intact on flap as well as 5/65 at base of flap. The book is Fine. A tight, crisp copy that is square with sharp corners. Pages lay tight and undisturbed; seemingly unread. DJ shows chipping at foot and crown with a small open chip to bottom front edge and a slightly larger one on rear edge. Front flap of DJ has separation however it was professionally reattached from the inside of the DJ. Traces of faint initials written to front of DJ. Author's first book is Fine, DJ is Good and the plum is a rare, loosely laid in bookplate of Cormac McCarthy.

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.