O'CONNOR, Flannery. Wise Blood
O'CONNOR, Flannery. Wise Blood. London: Neville Spearman. 1955. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking Guy Nicholls dust jacket. A sharp, near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright with small bump to spine foot and tiny mark to rear board. The binding firm and square, and the contents mostly fine, just the half-title toned, rather unusual for this title which usually suffers heavy toning throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (11s 6d net) and complete without tears, just a few tiny nicks to the corners, the spine with a singular water-stain to centre, the flaps and rear panel a trifle toned, the front panel vivid. A lovely copy.
O'Connor's riotous first novel, often hilarious, often serious. Waugh's tag to the front flap always shakes me: "If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product".
O'CONNOR, Flannery. Wise Blood. London: Neville Spearman. 1955. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking Guy Nicholls dust jacket. A sharp, near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright with small bump to spine foot and tiny mark to rear board. The binding firm and square, and the contents mostly fine, just the half-title toned, rather unusual for this title which usually suffers heavy toning throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (11s 6d net) and complete without tears, just a few tiny nicks to the corners, the spine with a singular water-stain to centre, the flaps and rear panel a trifle toned, the front panel vivid. A lovely copy.
O'Connor's riotous first novel, often hilarious, often serious. Waugh's tag to the front flap always shakes me: "If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product".
O'CONNOR, Flannery. Wise Blood. London: Neville Spearman. 1955. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking Guy Nicholls dust jacket. A sharp, near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright with small bump to spine foot and tiny mark to rear board. The binding firm and square, and the contents mostly fine, just the half-title toned, rather unusual for this title which usually suffers heavy toning throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (11s 6d net) and complete without tears, just a few tiny nicks to the corners, the spine with a singular water-stain to centre, the flaps and rear panel a trifle toned, the front panel vivid. A lovely copy.
O'Connor's riotous first novel, often hilarious, often serious. Waugh's tag to the front flap always shakes me: "If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product".