Knopf, 1998. First edition, first printing. The final volume of Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy. From the library of the poet and editor of Origin Cid Corman with his full signature and date of ownership and with an additional note "gift from Bob Arnold". Heavily annotated copy by Cid Corman who had both the editor's eye and the keen poet's eye of this exceptional prose. Fine bright in like dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout.

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Cities of the Plain is the final volume of American novelist Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy . The title is a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah. The novel b rings together John Grady Cole from All the Pretty Horses and Billy Parnham from The Crossing . Cities of the Plain focuses on Parnham's doomed relationship with a young Mexican prostitute.

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Bookseller: Longhouse, Publishers and Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 68873
Title: Cities of the Plain
Author: McCarthy, Cormac [Cid Corman]
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First edition, first printing
Publisher: Knopf, 1998

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