Suttree by Cormac McCarthy Signed First Edition (Augusta Britt’s copy)

Product Description

This incredible piece of American literary history is now for sale from Bookmans Entertainment Exchange via Augusta Britt, whose relationship with McCarthy was profiled in the Vanity Fair article, “Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century”, published 11/20/24.

This inscribed, first edition of “Suttree” was a gift from McCarthy to Britt and has been kept in her personal collection until now. Pulled from the first box of “Suttree” that the author received from the publisher in 1979, McCarthy inscribed it “For Augusta / With all my love / Cormac”. During their time in Nashville friends of McCarthy, who were the basis of characters in the book, also inscribed this volume: “For Augusta / Fred L Cash”, “Best Wishes / Augusta, / Tom Clancy” and “To Augusta a real nice friend / J Bone”. Given the history Augusta Britt shared with the author and the unique inclusion of inscriptions by McCarthy’s friends, this association copy of “Suttree” is truly remarkable and not matched anywhere on the market. Bookmans is working with Britt to sell this treasure and to pass along its history to its next keeper.

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New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover.