American Literature Cormac McCarthy’s Uncorrected Proof of The Crossing in 1994

Cormac McCarthy

First Edition

McCarthy, Cormac The Crossing, 1994, is the uncorrected proof of the second novel in McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, supporting research into late twentieth-century Southwestern literature, borderlands fiction, and prepublication circulation of major American novels. Published after All the Pretty Horses and before Cities of the Plain, The Crossing follows Billy and Boyd Parham across New Mexico and Mexico in the years surrounding World War II.

McCarthy, Cormac. The Crossing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Uncorrected proof. 1 volume. 428 pages. Blue printed wrappers. 8vo. This proof precedes the first trade printing and preserves the novel in advance-publication form, issued for limited distribution before Knopf’s hardcover edition.

The proof is significant as a working stage in the publication of one of McCarthy’s central Southwestern novels, part of the trilogy that brought his borderlands fiction to a broader national readership in the 1990s. Some spotted discoloration to cover; otherwise very good. A prepublication state of The Crossing with stronger collecting interest than the regular first edition.

Item #16522

Price: $400.00