SUTTREE: THE "VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES" FIRST EDITION by McCarthy, Cormac - 1986

New York City, NY: Vintage Contemporaries, 1986. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Vintage Contemporaries, 1986. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 472 pages. The author's fourth novel. One of Cormac McCarthy's finest achievements. The First Softcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many, and in innumerable printings. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only and as part of the now-legendary "Vintage Contemporaries" Uniform Editions. The First Edition Thus is now rare. Presents Cormac McCarthy's "Suttree". A stark, mythic quality that is very much the author's own while persuasively and justifiably laying claim to be William Faulkner's true heir. Also Mark Twain's: "Reads like a doomed Huckleberry Finn" (The New York Times) . An absolute "must-have" title for Cormac McCarthy collectors. <b><i> This title is a great book. This is one of very few copies of the First "Vintage Contemporaries" Edition/First Printing (1986) still available online and despite its imperfection (browning on the page edges because of inferior paper used) is still in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. This copy was obviously never read. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws yet command many hundreds of dollars because the edition is rare while the First Hardcover Edition commands thousands of dollars, rightly so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. </b></i> Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" is regarded by Harold Bloom as the greatest American novel of the last quarter of the 20th century. "Blood Meridian" and "The Border Trilogy" were selected by The New York Times panel of writers, critics, and editors as among the Top 20 greatest works of American fiction of the last 25 years. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2007 for "The Road". One of the greatest novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CORMAC MCCARTHY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394741455.