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The author's first book. Tenth printing of the second edition. Foxing to edges-heavy on the fore edge-and endpapers, else good in a good (faded out along the spine, age toning, foxing on verso) dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Milton Glaser.; 232 pages.

232pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Red topstain. Pages bright, clean and unmarked. Vividly colored red-orange dust jacket is intact, not price clipped, with original $4.50 price on front jacket flap. Jacket spine sun faded, with a single nick about 2/3 of the way down. Jacket in new mylar sleeve. O'Connor's first novel, originally published in 1952, comprised of a number of stories originally published in Madameoiselle, The Sewanee Review, and Partisan Review. Though it didn't draw major critical attention upon its release, it has since become an acknowledged classic. The filmmaker John Huston adapted O'Connor's book as a 1979 film.

With an Author's Note to the Second Edition. 8vo. Black cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Red top stain. 232 pages. Name on Front FEP. No remainder marks, or marks to text. In illustrated dust-jacket (with "$4.50" price intact) designed by Milton Glaser. Spine of dust-jacket is evenly sun faded, leaving the spine lettering faint, but readable. A crisp copy of the 1962 second edition, in Milton Glaser's stunning dust-jacket.

An uncommon first British edition of Flannery O'Connor's first novel, Wise Blood, in the original striking Guy Nicholls dust wrapper. The first British edition. First published in the US by Harcourt in 1952. In the original price clipped dust wrapper, designed by Guy Nicholls. Wise Blood is the first novel by American author Flannery O'Connor, and is an expanded version of her thesis work entitled 'The Train'. It tells the story of a World War Two veteran, who, after struggling with his faith, decides to set up an anti-religious ministry in a Southern town. Upon release, the work received little critical attention, but was later heralded as an important work of 'low comedy and high seriousness'. In the original publisher's orange cloth binding in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with just minor fading to the extremities of the spine and rear board, possibly caused by tape offsetting. Evidence of label removal to paste downs and very small chip to upper corner of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is generally smart and has been reinforced with clear archival adhesive., which is beginning to chip to the tail of the spine. The occasional closed tear and spot to the wrap. Age toning to wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good.

The author's acclaimed debut novel, very good in mint facsimile dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; minor rubbing and foxing to board edges, light soiling/scuffing to boards else a tight square unmarked copy in professional facsimile dust jacket; stated first edition; photos on request; 232 pages.

An uncommon first British edition of Flannery O'Connor's first novel, Wise Blood, in the original striking Guy Nicholls dust wrapper. The first British edition. First published in the US by Harcourt in 1952. In the original price clipped dust wrapper, designed by Guy Nicholls. Wise Blood is the first novel by American author Flannery O'Connor, and is an expanded version of her thesis work entitled 'The Train'. It tells the story of a World War Two veteran, who, after struggling with his faith, decides to set up an anti-religious ministry in a Southern town. Upon release, the work received little critical attention, but was later heralded as an important work of 'low comedy and high seriousness'. In the original publisher's orange cloth binding in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with just minor fading to the extremities of the spine and rear board, possibly caused by tape offsetting. Evidence of label removal to paste downs and very small chip to upper corner of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is generally smart and has been reinforced with clear archival adhesive., which is beginning to chip to the tail of the spine. The occasional closed tear and spot to the wrap. Age toning to wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good.