Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
McCARTHY, CORMAC. The Orchard Keeper. 8vo, publisher's green 1/4 cloth-backed red boards, gilt-lettered, top edges stained green, fine; dust jacket, price-clipped, mild tanning, laminate peeling slightly at flap edges, few small surface blemishes but entirely unrestored with no tears or chips. New York: Random House, (1965)

Additional Details

first edition, second printing of the author's first book. With Outer Dark listed as credit. signed by mccarthy on the front free endpaper. Very few signed copies of The Orchard Keeper have appeared on the market, even second printings. While forgeries are known to appear occasionally, the present signature withstands close scrutiny.