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Lot 205
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
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O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964). Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952.
8vo. Original yellow cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few losses to blank area along top edge, 1-in. tear crossing into blank margin of rear panel, light soiling).
FIRST EDITION of O'Connor's first book, one of 3,000 copies. The novel, a reworking of four short stories published in various periodicals in 1948 and 1949, explores the themes of freedom, free will, life and death, and the inevitability of belief.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie