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McCarthy, Cormac (1933-2023) Blood Meridian.
New York: Random House, [1985].
Fine first edition, octavo; the personal copy of Canadian writer and literary critic John Metcalf (b. 1938) with an official review photo of McCarthy inserted; bound in red publisher's cloth-backed boards, spine gilt lettered; with dust jacket designed by Richard Adelson incorporating an illustration after Salvador Dali on front panel, unclipped; jacket with a few tiny nicks, mostly at spine ends; with Metcalf's ownership inscription; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
This copy was likely sent to Metcalf in hopes of garnering a positive review with which to promote the book.
