RARE PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION BINDING FOR CHILD OF GOD. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Child of Go...

RARE PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION BINDING FOR CHILD OF GOD. MCCARTHY, CORMAC. 1933-2023. Child of God. New York: Random House, 1973. 8vo. Publisher's blue morocco presentation binding by Maurin, marbled endpapers, minor soiling to lower spine. Provenance: Cormac McCarthy, presentation inscription to: Anne Delisle. EXCEEDINGLY RARE PRESENTATION BINDING OF MCCARTHY'S CHILD OF GOD, inscribed on the half-title, 'For Annie, with love, Cormac.' Annie and Cormac McCarthy were married in 1966, and returned to the United States in 1967, settling in Rockland, TN. Soon they bought an old barn in Louisville, TN, next to a pig farm, and Cormac began writing Child of God. Like his previous works, Child of God received praise from critics, but unfortunately for Annie and Cormac did not sell particularly well. It was made into a film by James Franco in 2013, which, like its source material received acclaim, but little financial success. Presentation bindings are normally done in very small numbers for an author or publishers, with often just one for the author. We trace no other copies of McCarthy's works in a publisher's presentation binding, and given the family provenance, believe that this copy of Child of God is likely unique. Saleroom notices: The possibility has been raised that the binding could have been made for McCarthy himself, or someone close to him at Random House, for presentation, and not strictly speaking from the publisher. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

Saleroom Notice:
The possibility has been raised that the binding could have been made for McCarthy himself, or someone close to him at Random House, for presentation, and not strictly speaking from the publisher.