NMLP P-005242 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

Blood Meridian signed first

Cormac McCarthy · Random House · 1985

Book-club editions and later printings reprint the text but are not the first edition and are far less collectible. Convention has been consistent since 1976, making Random House among the easiest American houses to authenticate. Use the points above to be certain — see book-club edition vs. first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-005242 for "Blood Meridian signed first" by Cormac McCarthy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005242, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).