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Wise Blood
by O'Connor, Flannery
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Neville Spearman, 1955. First English Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First English edition of Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, her first published book.. Octavo, 232pp. Orange hardcover, title in black on spine. Stated "Wise Blood was first published in 1955 by Neville Spearman Limited" on copyright page. Solid text block, toning to endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, 11s. 6d. retail price on front flap, some soiling to rear panel and verso, a very good example.
Synopsis
Wise Blood was the first novel written by U.S. Southern author Flannery O'Connor.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15379
- Title
- Wise Blood
- Author
- O'Connor, Flannery
- Illustrator
- First English edition of Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, her first published book.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Neville Spearman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Wise Blood first edition, The Violent Bear it Anyway first edition, Why Do The Heathen Rage first edition, A Good Man is Hard to Find OConnor, Flannery OConnor The Complete stories, Flannery OConnor signed book, Flannery OConnor first edition
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About the Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- Octavo
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- Copyright page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
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