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The Orchard Keeper
by Cormac McCarthy
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Cormac McCarthy's 1st Novel, 1st Edition, 1st Impression - Review Copy !
The Orchard Keeper - Cormac McCarthy's debut novel from 1965 is set in Tennessee and won the William Faulkner Foundation Award. Sixty years later it's hard to find a first class copy as less than 4000 were printed and many of those went to libraries or suffered a hard life.
This copy is exceptional and considering its age I rate is as Fine. The boards are clean and sharp with one very small blemish to the front and a tiny amount of wear to the bottom corner. There are no bumps or scrapes to the covers and internally there's almost no trace of wear - just the slightest hint of toning to the endpapers.
The dustjacket has a split on the fold of the front flap but that is normal for this book. The binders scored the flap too deeply resulting in almost all copies showing a split over time. There's no chipping of the edges and just one small closed tear on the leading edge of the front flap. The only reason I've downgraded the dustjacket from Near Fine to VG is that at some point in it's life the printing on the spine has smudged - see photos for a close up.
Along with this handsome book is the original Random House review copy compliments slip.
The whole package is protected by a custom made solander box covered with rich purple cloth with bronze edges and gilt titling on the spine. It will look magnificent on your best bookshelf.
Synopsis
The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by the American novelist Cormac McCarthy. Like all McCarthy's fiction, it has been heavily influenced by William Faulkner, probably more so than any of his other works. The novel is set in a small, isolated community in Tennessee, during the inter-war period. It is the story of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger, who has killed Rattner's father, a fact to which both are oblivious.The writing of William Faulkner heavily influenced this novel, and it was awarded the 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel.
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- Bookseller
- BooksCurious
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 244
- Title
- The Orchard Keeper
- Author
- Cormac McCarthy
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Solander Box
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 246
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 2.43 lbs
- Keywords
- First; Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cormac McCarthy;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- VG
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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