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O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964). Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952.
O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964). Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952.
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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.
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O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964). Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952.

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