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First edition
Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition, first printing.
$45One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Fine
- Jacket
- Near Fine
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
- Our ref
- RCB-69892f171579
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-69892f171579 · 8 photographs of this copy
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Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with no number line, Knopf's method of marking a first printing
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Borzoi/Knopf imprint, copyright 1998, the year of first publication
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Jacket priced FPT U.S.A. $24.00 / CANADA $33.50, unclipped
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ISBN 0-679-42390-7 agrees on copyright page and rear jacket barcode
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Quarter-cloth boards with gilt "CM" monogram on front board, the trade first binding
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Copyright page notes a separate limited signed edition by B.E. Trice Publishing (this is the trade issue)
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No flaws noted on inspection.
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998, cloth-backed boards in jacket (stated First Edition)
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.