8vo. Original black cloth lettered in yellow and purple on spine (some wear to corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light staining to rear panel, spine very slightly sunned, tiny pinhole to upper joint, a few very tiny soft creases to spine ends, otherwise bright). Provenance: "Louise" (presentation inscription).

FIRST EDITION, with "first edition" stated on copyright page and with "tyring" on p.125.

PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY O'CONNOR: "For Louise with all the best from Flannery O'C. December 1955." IN THE FIRST ISSUE JACKET with price "$3.50" and with reviews for Wise Blood on rear panel. O'Connor's second published work, A Good Man is Hard to Find comprises Southern Gothic short stories blending elements of dark humor, violence, and religious symbolism.