BLOOD MERIDIAN or The Evening Redness in the West

New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An epic novel of frontier violence along the U.S.-Mexico border that culminates in the April 23, 1850 Yuma Crossing Massacre. An American writer in the Southern gothic tradition whose novels about wayward characters in the rural American Southwest are noted for their dark violence and dense prose, McCarthy (1933-2023) is perhaps best known for his Border Trilogy, which includes the National Book Award-winning novel All the Pretty Horses (1992). Octavo. [ix], 337 pp. Original red paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine with gilt-stamped titles and red-stamped borders. Faint smudge to the fore-edge. The dust jacket is moderately sun faded along the spine, with a bit of minor edgewear; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78291)