Child of God [Inscribed]

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

$10,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

New York: Random House, 1973. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy in black ink on the half-title page to Santa Fe bookseller, Nicholas Potter: "For Nicholas Potter | All the best from | your friend | Cormac McCarthy." 197 pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]. Publisher's black cloth and red paper-covered boards stamped in red and gold. Black dust jacket with red, white, and olive green typography, designed by Muriel Nasser. First edition clearly stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket with "$5.95" price intact at top-front flap and "1/74" code at the rear flap's bottom-left. A Near Fine, unread copy, with occasional light surface soil or toning. The text block is solid and square. The top edges of the boards are gently sunfaded. The front free endpaper has a previous ownership inscription written neatly in blue ink: "Dane Meyers | Hugh Prather Collection." The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, showing the spine-fading common to this title, along with some general surface rubbing and scratching. The jacket edges are lightly toned, with a few minor creases and short closed tears (measuring less than 2cm). 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: "...This copy inscribed to me in the mid 90's." Throughout a friendship spanning fort

• Publisher: Random House
• Year: 1973
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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