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O'CONNOR, FLANNERY. The Violent Bear it Away. 8vo, grey cloth over red boards lettered in white and grey, fading to spine, top edges stained blue; dust jacket, spine panel sunned and with a chip at head with loss of a few letters, short closed tear on rear panel; editorial blue pen correction in unknown hand on p. 242 ("to" crossed out and "the" indicated in margin). New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1960)
first edition, bearing presentation inscription in the year of publication on half-title, "For George [Haslam] / From Flannery / Milledgeville / Jan. 1960." Scarce signed title of O'Connor's second, and final, novel, with an excellent association.
