A travel through a McCarthy first editions collection

“IL PASSEGGERO”, THE FIRST ITALIAN EDITION OF MCCARTHY’S LAST NOVEL

The Passenger, first Italian edition: the front cover.

The Passenger (Il passeggero), first Italian edition.

Einaudi, Torino, 2023.

First Italian edition, first printing with “Stampato…nel mese di maggio 2023”, full number line and years line (“Ristampa 0 1 2 3 4 5” and “Anno 2023 2024 2025 2026”) on the last page. Hardcover, 22,3 x 14,6 cm., 385 numbered pages. Publisher’s usual greenish grey boards lettered in black and with publisher’s logo on spine. Original dust jacket with white spine, back panel and flaps lettered in black. The pictorial front panel reproduces “Sunset” a watercolor painting by William Turner. Price of “€ 21” on back panel which features a summary, and two blurbs by Graeme Wood and Dwight Garner. There is also the news that Einaudi will publish Stella Maris on September, 2023. Translated from the English by Maurizia Balmelli who had already translated Suttree.CONDITION: a very good example.

CONDITION: still in shrink-wraps, as new.

Published on May 2, 2023, at € 21, in a print run of 35,000 copies.


The Passenger, first Italian edition: the dustjacket back panel.

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