The Sunset Limited, first edition.
Vintage International/Random House, New York, 2006
First edition, first printing, paperback original. With “First Vintage international edition, October 2006” and the full numberline from (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page. Softcover, 20.2 x 13 cm, 143 numbered page. Publisher’s glossy, black and yellow wrappers with orange spine designed by Chip Kidd, lettered in white, black and yellow. Praise by Chicago Tribune on the front panel. Price of “U.S. $13.95 CAN. $17.95” on the back cover.
CONDITION: fine.
Published on October 24, 2006 at $13.95, in an announced first print run of 20,000 copies.
On the last page there are informations about when The Sunset Limited was played. The premiere was acted by Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago in that city in May, 2006. The New York premiere was acted by the same company in October. The play was directed by Sheldon Patinkin and played by Freeman Coffin and Austin Pendleton.
On 2011 the “Novel in a Dramatic Form” became a HBO movie directed by Tommy Lee Jones and played by the same and Samuel L. Jackson.
LATER PRINTINGS AND EDITIONS: the book went into multiple printings with numberline going accordingly. A second edition was published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc., in 2008.
COLLECTING TOPICS: an increasingly uncommon book: in May, 2023 there where four first edition/first printing listed on the web in a range between $68/250; on December 2025 the copies available were only two, priced respectively $100 and $200.
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Are you aware of any signed or inscribed copies of this title? When I visited the Texas State archives years ago, they said CM flat signed three copies for them they picked up on the way to collecting his archived material. I was able to view one of these copies.
Hello Terrell. No, I am not aware of any signed or inscribed copy offered in the market. Additionally, when I was at the University of Texas to study the McCarthy’s papers, I didn’t find any signed copy of this title. I wonder where they have wound up. I’ll go deeper into this and will let you know.