Child Of God
by McCarthy, Cormac
Child of God is the third novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Though the novel received critical praise, it was not a financial success. Like its predecessor, Outer Dark, Child of God established McCarthy's interest in using extreme isolation, perversity, and violence to represent normal human experience.Set in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Child of God tells the story of Lester Ballard, an outcast from society. Released from jail after being falsely accused of rape, Ballard haunts the countryside, falling into deeper and deeper crime and perversion. Considered McCarthy's darkest work.
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First editions of Child of God, published by Random House in 1973, have 'First Edition' on the copyright page. The front flap has a price of $5.95, and the back of the dust jacket has a photo of the author and no reviews.
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CHILD OF GOD
by CORMAC MCCARTHY
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Child of God.
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- 1975
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1975. First British edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graham Palfrey-Rogers. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
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- 1973
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. First printing, octavo size, 205 pp., signed by Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., in 1933), is acknowledged by many as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. His first novel, "The Orchard Keeper", won a 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Random House, 1973. First edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional signed example. In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--haunts the hill… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
by Cormac McCarthy
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- 1973
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New York: Random House. Very Good in As New dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394487710 . Very good hardcover in As New facsimile dust jacket, which is wrapped. Stamp of original pricing on front end sheet. Excellent copy. No visible markings or underlining inside. ; 5 7/8" x 8 3/4"; 197 pages . Item Price
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Bound in publisher's red paper-covered boards over black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, with light bruising and light fading to cloth at spine ends. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light shelf wear,… Read more about this item Item Price
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CHILD OF GOD
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- 1973
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New York: Random House, 1973. First edition (stated). Near fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of McCarthy's third novel, a work of great vigor and depravity praised by the optimistic but anonymous jacket copywriter as "perhaps the most accessible of McCarthy's novels." Perhaps. CHILD OF GOD considers the limits of human degradation, a topic of interest to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God (Vintage International)
by Cormac Mccarthy
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- August 1993
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Vintage, August 1993. Trade Paperback. New. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books, some of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
by Mccarthy, Cormac
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CHILD OF GOD
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 197 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with red and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut. Minor shelf wear. Light creasing to edges of dust jacket. Foxing to edges of text block and rear pastedown. Interior pages clean.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- 1973
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Madison, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Random House, 1973. 197pp. Blue cloth spine, red boards, gilt titles on spine, McCarthy's initials blindstamped on front board. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Slight bump to lower edge of each board, more pronounced to back board but not serious damage in either case. Slight foxing along top edge of pages, but no foxing within book. Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
by Cormac McCarthy
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- 1993-06-29
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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Child of God
by McCarthy, Cormac
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Child of God
by Cormac McCarthy
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- 1973
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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New York: Random House, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. 197 pp. Printed dust jacket with $5.95 price intact. Red and blue boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket worn and creased along edges with toning and a few tears at edges and spine ends. Boards shelfworn and binding is sound.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
by Cormac McCarthy
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
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Child of God
by Cormac McCarthy
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Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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Child of God
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- 1993
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Child of God
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. First edition, first printing of Child of God by Cormac McCarthy.. Octavo, [3], 197pp, [3]. Red hardcover, title in gilt on blue cloth spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint sunning to top edge, remnant of bookplate previously affixed to front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of God
by McCarthy, Cormac
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Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
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Child Of God
by Cormac McCarthy
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- 2000-01-01
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- 9781447212478
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Thetford, Norfolk, GBR
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