The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts [Signed]

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

$1,500 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Cormac McCarthy in blue ink on the half-title page. 133 pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Publisher's black cloth and grey paper-covered boards with blind-stamped design on the front and silver titles on the spine. First edition clearly stated on the copyright page. In the original dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd, with the "$19.95" price and "9404" code intact on the front flap. A Near Fine, unread, and clean copy. The rear board is bound slightly askew (a minor binder's aberration). The dust jacket is likewise Near Fine, showing only very light surface rubbing. A nice copy. Signed by the notoriously reclusive author. From the library of the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter. 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. Written in the mid-1970s, The Stonemason remained unpublished for nearly twenty years until its release by Ecco Press in 1994. The professional relationship began when Ecco founder Daniel Halpern reached out to McCarthy via a letter to his Tennessee home. This collaboration eventually established Ecco as a primary publisher for McCarthy’s dramatic and poetic work. Set in Louisville, Kentucky, the work meditates on craft and heri

• Publisher: The Ecco Press
• Year: 1994
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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