Suttree [Inscribed]

by McCarthy, Cormac. [Ex-libris: Nicholas Potter, bookseller]

$15,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

New York: Random House, 1979. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy in black ink on the half-title page to Santa Fe bookseller, Nicholas Potter: "For Nicholas | With fond best wishes | from your friend | Cormac." 451 pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]. Publisher's black cloth and cream paper-covered boards stamped in gilt. Black dust jacket with orange, yellow, and olive green typography and ornamentation, designed by Jack Ribik. First edition clearly stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket with "$12.95" price intact at top-front flap and "2/79" code at the bottom of the rear flap. A Near Fine copy, with only minimal, sporadic surface soil and gentle wear to the edges and corners of the boards, perhaps lightly read. The text block is solid and square. The dust jacket is likewise Near Fine, with only very light surface rubbing and some minor edgewear near the folds. An attractive copy with an intimate association. A significant association copy, warmly inscribed by the notoriously reclusive author to his long-time friend, the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter. A short note in Potter's hand is laid in: "Scarce 1st edition inscribed to me in the mid 90's..." Throughout a friendship spanning forty years, Potter's bookstore served as a frequent destination for McCarthy, where the two shared a rapport rooted in their mutual appreciation of literature, art, music, and history. This volume represents a vital fragment of that connection

• Publisher: Random House
• Year: 1979
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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