Rare books from Ivesian Arts Books

First Edition. First Printing. A run of only 50 copies, 30 of which are numbered and signed by the author and available here. 267 pages, a fine paperback with an original cover painting by the author ink printed on Breathing Color Velvet, interior pages on Cougar with 14 color illustrations, also by the author. Ivesian Arts Publishing's premiere offering. The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses is an impassioned tribute to one of the most popular and enduring novels by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy.
​From his provocative reflection on the importance of McCarthy's dramatic prose-poetry in "How Cormac McCarthy Saved Civilization," to close readings of small moments that open up worlds of discovery, Josyph changes our perspective on this seminal work by one of our greatest living authors. In what he calls "a reader's memoir," Josyph invites noted McCarthy scholars such as Marty Priola and Wesley Morgan, as well as McCarthy's award-winning Portuguese… Read More

London: Cassell, 1956-58. Hardcover first, 4 vols, all very good. Maps. Graphs. DJs in Mylar, not price-clipped. Mild edgewise on spine of DJs. Vol 3 DJ has small chip (1/4") at bottom. No bookplates, inscriptions, writing, signatures or water damage. All 4 equally good as published, not rebound. Superb set of this Churchill classic.