MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, 1985. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's pictorial dust jacket. Mark from red marker along lower page edge. Short closed tear along top edge of rear panel, a few other minor spots of wear, inside front flap creased. FIRST EDITION, considered among the greatest novels of the 20th century. McCarthy began researching Blood Meridian in 1974 while still married to Annie beginning with his initial travels to El Paso. He began writing it in earnest in 1975, while still working on Suttree. Relocating to El Paso, McCarthy continued his work on Blood Meridian with the help of a MacArthur grant in 1981. Like his earlier novels, its publication in 1985 was met with great critical praise, but little money. Over time, however, it has come to be widely considered to be his masterpiece, and one of the most important novels of the late twentieth-century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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