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Set in 1949, this is the story of John Grady Cole, who, at the age of sixteen, finds himself at the losing end of a long generation of ranchers. His grandfather's death has just cut him off from the only life he has ever imagined wanting. Abandoned by his parents troubles, heading over the border seems the only way out of a society moving in all of the wrong directions so, with his friend Rawlins, he rides away. Soon enough, they acquire a hapless younger companion and jobs breaking horses on a hacienda. Within months, one of the boys is dead and childhood has passed for the other two, along with an era that once uniquely defined America. This is, indisputably a timeless masterpiece.
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Part bildungsroman, part horse opera, part meditation on courage and loyalty, this beautifully crafted novel won the National Book Award in 1992. The plot is simple enough. John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance. Readers familiar with McCarthy's Faulknerian prose will find the writing more restrained than in Suttree and Blood Meridian. Newcomers will be mesmerized by the tragic tale of John Grady Cole's coming of age.
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- PublisherVintage, 1993
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0330325310
- ISBN 13 9780330325318
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages310
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All the Pretty Horses: v. 1 (Border Trilogy S.) (a first printing)
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All the Pretty Horses (First UK Edition)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK Edition, First Printing. First UK Edition, First Printing (complete number line to 1), London, Picador, 1993. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. Appears unread. The jacket has no tears, no wear, not price-clipped (à £14.99), now protected in a mylar cover. Binding Tight and Square. White boards with silver lettering on the spine clean, no wear, no bumps. This UK edition follows the 1992 US release. This is a beautiful copy of the UK printing of Volume I of the Border Trilogy which won the National Book Award and was the basis for the Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz film. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from a Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Seller Inventory # 3781 M612
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The Border Trilogy- Three UK 1st Edition 1st Printing hardback books. All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three UK 1st Edition, 1st Printing hardback books, comprising the author's border trilogy. All three books contain the correct 135798642 number lines on their respective copyright pages to indicate that they are UK 1st printings. The books present as follows: Book 1- ALL THE PRETTY HORSES. The book is in very good condition. It has a very slight lean, and a light push to the top and bottom of the page block. Small bumps to the top outside corners of the boards. Uniform sunning to the page block. Internally, the book is in nice condition with no tears or inscriptions.- The dust jacket is also in very good condition ans has not been price clipped. Evidence of some possible water staining to the bottom around the spine cover, but this is feint. Ruffling to to and bottom and slight grubbiness to the white colour. Otherwise very good. - BOOK 2- THE CROSSING- The book is in very good condition with a slight push to the top and bottom of the spine and a crease running from the top to the bottom of the spine. Light bumps to the top outside corner of the front board and bottom outside corner of the reverse board. Light sunning to the page block, with a small mark to the top. Internally, the book is very nice with no tears or writing present. A very good copy. The dust jacket is also in very good condition and has not been price clipped. Evidence of water staining along most of the bottom. Light ruffling to top and bottom, but otherwise very good. - BOOK THREE- CITIES OF THE PLAIN- The book is in near fine condition with only light sunning to the page block to detract. Internally, the book has no tears or writing- a nice copy. The dust jacket is also in near fine condition with only some ruffling to the top to detract. It has not been price clipped. Seller Inventory # ABE-1579003009042
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