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New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 246 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine off-white with black and red lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$4.95." Soiling and rubbing to dust jacket covers, and chipping along edges. Closed tear to bottom edge of front cover. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Case 6. Cormac McCarthy's first novel. 1381844. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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.

True first editions of 'The Orchard Keeper' can be identified by the full number line including '1' on the copyright page, stating 'First Edition', and by the presence of the specific jacket design from the first printing.