The Road.

First edition of McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a post-apocalyptic world, a work of “stunning, savage beauty,” adapted to the screen in 2009 starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and additionally signed by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd below, "This was a tough one- His true heart is in this. Chip Kidd." Additionally signed and dated by Chip Kidd in the month of publication (October 2006) and with a drawing of a road on the front panel and again signed on the rear panel. McCarthy’s reluctance to sign The Road has become part of the book’s legend. Written after becoming a father later in life, the novel was deeply personal to him, with the relationship between the man and the boy reflecting his own bond with his youngest son, John Francis McCarthy. Unlike his earlier works, McCarthy refused nearly all public requests to sign the book, avoiding publicity and commercial promotion for what many regard as his most intimate novel. Instead, McCarthy signed only 250 copies of The Road, specifically for his son John Francis. According to numerous accounts from collectors and booksellers, McCarthy intended the books as a future gift to his son—telling him he could someday sell them and use the money however he wished. As a result, signed first editions of The Road are exceptionally scarce and rank among the most desirable modern literary signed editions. This copy originates from the library of a collector who obtained McCarthy’s signature through a discreet and unconventional approach, presenting the book in an alternate dust jacket when meeting the famously private author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. An exceptionally rare and desirable signed example of McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece.