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Cloth and boards. States "First Printing". Ex-library copy. DCPL Discard stamp to the front free endpaper and also to the rear free endpaper, on the library pocket. Two light, old tape stains to these same endpapers. Tape stains to the front and rear boards at the upper and lower edges. Other library stamps to the lower title as well as to the lower margins of pages 13 & 25. Library stamps to all page edges. Foxing and some staining to the upper page edges. Hard bumps to the upper and lower board edges. The biggest flaw to the dust jacket is a 1" x 5 1/8" piece cut out of the lower, rear edge. This did not affect any text. Some fading to the red lettering on the spine. Other minor wear. Original price of $4.95 to the upper, front flap and 5/65 to this lower flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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.