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SCARCE SIGNED FIRST NOVEL O'CONNOR, FLANNERY. Wise Blood. 8vo, original yellow buckram, minor shelfwear along bottom extremities; dust jacket, slight chipping to spine panel tips not affecting lettering, small postage stamp-sized light blemish on front flap, few small nicks and creases, corners narrowly clipped retaining price; mild age-toning to early blank and half-title. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1952)
first edition of the author's first, and best know work. association copy, inscribed on front pastedown "For George Haslam / With assorted regards / from / Flannery O'Connnor / June 6, 1955." The basis for director John Huston's 1979 film adaptation.
