The Road [with signed ephemera laid in]

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

$10,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 241 pp. Octavo [24 cm]. Publisher's black and orange paper-covered boards with metallic copper stamping to the spine. Original dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd, with the "$24.00" price and "10/2006" code intact. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket; bright, square, and clean. Laid in at the front are three unique pieces of ephemera which, along with this volume, are from the collection of the late Santa Fe bookseller and McCarthy associate, Nicholas Potter. These items provide rare insight into McCarthy's restrictive signing habits following the publication of this title: -Signed Sales Receipt: A Nicholas Potter Books receipt dated October 16, 2006, documenting McCarthy's purchase of a "Toynbee Set." Signed by Cormac McCarthy in black ink at the bottom. -Nicholas Potter Autograph Note: A small handwritten note in Potter's hand, dated the same day, providing the context for the receipt. It reads: "October 16, 2006 | Cormac told me today that he would not sign any trade editions of The Road, even for friends. His logic is that he signed 250 copies (the limited edition) and gave them to his son John, the dedicatee of the book, and that some day John would be able to sell them for a good purpose (college, etc.). He felt it was an 'infringement' on John's right to the legacy if he signed other copies. He said if I ever saw a signed trade edition, it was a forgery. Since I won't be able to get one s

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Year: 2006
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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