BLOOD MERIDIAN, Or The Evening Redness in the West.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original quarter red cloth and red paper covered boards, with titles in gilt and metallic red borders, in the Richard Adelson designed, Salvador Dali illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions, stamps or remainder marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($17.95 to the upper front flap).

The author's fifth book, a Gothic Western, and despite little recognition on first publication, now widely considered his masterpiece. 5000 copies of the first edition were printed, over half of which, are believed to have been remaindered (identified by an ink mark to the closed text block edge).