Description: Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers ***TRUE 1st with SCARCE dust jacket*** Condition: FINE/VERY GOOD Published in 1946 by Houghton Mifflin in Boston. In original yellow cloth boards with black lettering. In original dust jacket with correct $2.50 price. TRUE first edition, first printing. Octavo, 195 pages. McCullers adapted this novel into a play that opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters, winning numerous awards. Waters and Harris then recreated their Broadway roles in the 1952 Fred Zinnemann film, with Harris nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes. Most are set in the Deep South. McCullers's work is often described as Southern Gothic and indicative of her Southern roots. Critics also describe her writing and eccentric characters as universal in scope. Her stories have been adapted to stage and film. A stage adaptation of her novel The Member of the Wedding (1946), which captures a young girl's feelings at her brother's wedding, made a successful Broadway run in 1950–51. Condition Info: FINE. Firm binding, tight pages, colorful, clean boards. Internally it is impressively clean with bright pages and no writing, bookplates or foxing. A superior copy. The unclipped dust jacket is VG - beautiful cover art, unfaded, a little dust soiling, edge wear crinkling and some chipping, mostly along spine tips and corners, with a large chip along head of spine. Rubbing to folds. Looks quite lovely in its archival mylar wrap. Overall, a high grade collectible copy of the TRUE 1st. Please view pictures as they are an important part of the condition description and book information. As a fellow book collector, I know how frustrating it can be when items aren’t accurately described or poorly packaged for shipping. That is why I (1) take a lot of pictures and try to describe condition issues as accurately as possible and (2) pack your book purchases with the utmost care before shipping. I have been selling and buying on eBay for over 10 years and have a 100% satisfaction rating, and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee 30-day return policy. Happy to combine shipping on multiple orders to save you money. Be sure to check out my store and to give me a follow. I have thousands of rare, signed, and collectible books to list in the coming weeks and months!
Price: 746.25 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: Boston
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Carson McCullers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Classics
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1946
