all the pretty horses by cormac mccarthy

The young men in these novels come of age on Southwestern ranches in the 1930's, while across the border, Mexico beckons them with its desolate beauty and the cruel promise of a place where dreams are paid for in blood. A unique set.Ĭormac McCarthy's award-winning and best-selling trio of novels, The Border Trilogy, constitutes a genuine American epic. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box, which is boldly signed by Chip Kidd on the front panel. All the Pretty Horses is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Vicki, With all the very best wishes from your friend Cormac.” Each volume is signed by Chip Kidd on the half-title page, the front jacket panel and the rear jacket panel. Each volume is signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and each volume is signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd.

Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. $12,500.00 Item Number: 135233įirst editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Border Trilogy. Then another.All the Pretty Horses The Crossing Cities of the Plain. Rough justice: “the pistol shot came from beyond the ebony trees. The boy, Blevins, whom he and Rawlins befriend, is accused of stealing a horse. The world he enters is merciless to those who transgress the laws of class and family. Falling in love with Alejandra, the daughter of Don Héctor Rocha y Villareal. and cried out but the horsemen rode on.” ‘Ebony trees’ still alive and they twisted on their spines. Birds impaled on cactus after a thunder storm: “Gray nameless birds espaliered in attitudes of stillborn flight or hanging loosely in their feathers. It’s the language as much as the story that makes this book so special. So he will ride, with his friend Lacey Rawlins, south to Mexico.

John Grady’s life in borderland Texas in the 1940s horses, cattle, the sun “coppering his face and the red wind blowing out of the west”, will end. The ranch, which both grandfather and grandson loved, will be sold. The candle lit for the funeral of young John Grady Cole’s grandfather. The simplicity and beauty repeated again and again in this magnificent book. It begins with the candleflame: “the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door.” The simple, beautiful image.

All the pretty horses by cormac mccarthy