No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy - Lettered Edition

Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men is a stark meditation on violence, fate, and moral reckoning, played out against the desolate borderlands of Texas and Mexico. At once a relentless thriller and a haunting elegy, it confronts the ties of love, blood, and duty that shape lives—and the brutal forces that unravel them.

The story begins when Llewelyn Moss, while hunting along the Rio Grande, comes upon the aftermath of a massacre: dead men, a cache of heroin, and over two million dollars in cash. Taking the money sets into motion a remorseless pursuit, led by the terrifying Anton Chigurh, a killer who decides life and death with the flip of a coin. As Moss struggles to protect himself and his wife from those who hunt him, Sheriff Bell—aging, weary, and disillusioned—watches the violence escalate and realizes he is powerless against a new breed of brutality that defies the old order.

Published on July 19, 2005, No Country for Old Men is Cormac McCarthy’s ninth novel. Upon its publication, the Washington Post called it, “profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered” while the Houston Chronicle hailed McCarthy as “nothing less than our greatest living author… No Country for Old Men is a cause for celebration.” The New York Times Book Review raved, “A narrative that rips along like hell on wheels, in a race with the devil on a stage as big as Texas.” Time magazine praised the novel as “expertly staged” and claimed, “It feels like a genuine diagnosis of the post-millennial malady, a scary illumination of the oncoming darkness.”

In 2007, the Coen brothers adapted the novel into a movie of the same name, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The limited edition of No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist editions.

LETTERED EDITION

• 6” x 9” trim size.
• 288 Pages.
• Limited to 26 copies.
• Signed by Joseph Zbukvic.
• Ten color illustrations by world-renowned and multi-award-winning watercolor artist, Joseph Zbukvic.
  
• Binding design inspired by the work of Jean de Gonet, renowned French bookbinder known for revolutionizing contemporary bindings by exposing structural elements—such as sewing supports and spine linings—as intentional design features, blending functionality with raw visual impact.
• Spine and part of the boards covered in a smooth, traditionally tanned goatskin, while the remainder of the panels feature a custom goat nubuck made specifically for this edition and which is brushed in two directions with a metal brush to achieve a distinctive surface texture. 
• Designed by award-winning designer Jason Dewinetz, the text pages are set in Monotype Garamont and printed letterpress by Scott Vile on his Heidelberg cylinder press in Buxton, Maine on mouldmade Arches Text Wove paper. 
  
• The printing includes three passes through the press on the title page spread, and two passes on the half title, title, and chapter numbers. 
• Handcrafted by master bookbinder Jacek Tylkowski in Komorniki, Poland. 
• Housed in a quarter leather clamshell enclosure with a rounded spine and European cloth sides. 
  
• Fold-out of the Artist edition dust jacket illustration by Joseph Zbukvic is included in this state.
• Bookmark with all pre-orders.
  

Published editions may differ slightly from mockups and prototype designs.
Illustrations © 2024 by Joseph Zbukvic.