BLOOD MERIDIAN OR THE EVENING REDNESS IN THE WEST. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. Octavo, full leather. Limited edition. Limited to 376 copies of which this is copy number 190 of 350 numbered copies signed by illustrator Rob Wood and introducer Bret Easton Ellis. A violent anti-western horror novel published in 1985 that initially received lukewarm critical and commercial reception. It has since become highly acclaimed and is widely recognized as McCarthy's magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels of all time. "In the entire range of American literature, only MOBY-DICK bears comparison to BLOOD MERIDIAN. Both are epic in scope, cosmically resonant, obsessed with open space and with language, exploring vast uncharted distances with a fanatically patient minuteness. Both manifest a sublime visionary power that is matched only by still more ferocious irony. Both savagely explode the American dream of manifest destiny of racial domination and endless imperial expansion. But if anything, McCarthy writes with a yet more terrible clarity than does Melville" (Steven Shaviro, "A Reading of Blood Meridian"). A fine copy in cloth slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#176582).
Price: $4,500.00
"This limited edition published in 2021" on copyright page.