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Octavo, 232pp. Yellow cloth, title in gray on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, touch of wear to corners. Limited professional restoration to verso with archival tissue paper, reinforcing a few small holes and closed tears. A scarce copy of this author's first novel in its original dust jacket.

Wise Blood is Flannery O'Connor's first novel, originally published in 1952, exploring themes of redemption and spirituality through a young man's journey in the American South.