Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional early reprint edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers with no dust jacket. Reprint Edition unstated, 1946 Riverside Press reprint of the Houghton Mifflin plates. First Printing with no subsequent printing or copyright. Same size, design and page numbers as the true first edition.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition, with bright, cloth boards with a strong sheen. Also with, legible title ink on a lightly sunned spine and stronger on the large title on the front. Also, some age spots on page blocks, a tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and . The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket.
From the master of Southern Gothic, Carson McCullers’s coming-of-age story like no other about a young girl’s fascination with her brother’s wedding. Twelve-year-old Frankie is utterly, hopelessly bored with life until she hears about her older brother’s wedding.
A real beauty! Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
