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First Printing, Limited Issue, one of 1,000 signed copies prepared for friends of the author and publisher. Octavo (21.75cm); black paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dark brown topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[4],5-425,[1]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $23.00), with light wear to extremities, a tiny tear at upper spine panel, and two shallow, and very faint semi-circular stains along the upper edge. Second volume in McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy his first encounter with mainstream success after writing five novels between 1965-1985.

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.