Welty, Eudora (1909-2001) The Robber Bridegroom, first edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942.
First edition, octavo; bound in full blue publisher's cloth stamped in pink and lettered in white; in the unclipped pictorial dust jacket (jacket lightly toned, chipping, edgewear, small area of loss at spine head, minor soiling to lower panel; two stains, not affecting text, occasional corner creases; bumped at corners, small spot to front board); 8 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.
Inspired by the Grimm brother's story of the same name, Welty's novella is set in the American South and features the legendary Mississippi folk hero, Mike Fink.
