The Violent Bear It Away

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, 1960. Octavo. Original grey cloth backed red boards, titles to spine in white and grey, black end papers. With the dust jacket. Boards very lightly rubbed, lower corner bumped, head of spine faded, spine a bit rolled, contents slightly toned. A very good copy in the rubbed, toned, and nicked jacket with a few short closed tears and chips to the upper panel and head of the spine panel affecting both sets of titles. First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "For Louis Dollarhide in appreciation - Flannery O'Connor, Millidgeville, April 8, 1960". Inserted is O'Connor's calling card on which she has written "I took the liberty of correcting the typographical error on page 242, FOC". On page 242 she has crossed out "to" in line 19 and replaced it with "the". Louis Dollarhide was an English professor at the University of Mississippi who supported O'Connor's work and corresponded with her between 1957 and 1964. There are two binding variants of this edition, and the other presentation copy we have seen was also in red boards as opposed to the normal brown boards, so these may have been advance copies or produced specifically for the author.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, [1960]. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed red boards in dust jacket.. A near fine copy in a good to very good jacket with a number of tape reinforcements to verso.. 8vo,. Signed by O'Connor on the half-title.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 243 pp. Original red marble-patterned boards, grey cloth backstrip lettered in white. First edition with no statement of printing. Signed by Flannery O'Connor on preliminary page listing her other titles. Near Fine with faint bowing to boards, faint edge wear, sunning to spine cloth, and a very faint stain to the page with O'Connor's signature and adjacent page. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket with sunned spine panel, small chip at front bottom tip and publisher's price of $3.75 intact. A nice copy of the acclaimed Southern writer's third book, signed in blue ink.

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960. First edition, first printing. Upper corners lightly bumped, tiny, nearly invisible spot to upper edge, this strip of upper spine tip sunned, overall very good to near fine in very good, dust jacket with a lightly toned spine and some light soiling and toning to rear panel, and with a few tiny chips and short creases to spine tips, a tiny chip to upper rear panel and upper front corner, in mylar cover. Inscribed by the author; "Elizabeth, from Flannery with affection."

New York: Signet Books, 1960. First printing of this edition, and first printing in paperback. SIGNED by O'Connor on the title page to publisher, Kurt Enoch. From the Kurt Enoch collection, with a letter of provenance included. O'Connor's second novel, published four years before her death, follows the struggle of a young boy with fate, and epitomizes the Southern Gothic iconography that O'Connor established in American literature. Kurt Enoch was the founder of Signet Books and a publisher whose desire was to bring great literature and genre fiction out of the libraries and into the hands of readers. With a letter of provenance included. A tremendous association. Near Fine in wrappers.

Farrar, Straus, & Cudahy, New York, 1960 First Edition, First Printing. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's original cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy with the ORIGINAL dustjacket.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Nice gray top stain, chips head and heal of spine, edge wear and small soil spot on rear dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960. First edition of O'Connor's brilliant, innovative and landmark novel. Octavo, original half cloth. First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Away is a landmark in American literature-a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Connor's work. In this, O'Connor's second novel, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle that Tarwater will become a prophet and baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensues, as Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relative and lay claim to Bishop's soul. All this is observed by O'Connor with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example.

New York: Longmans Green & Co., Ltd, 1960. Advance Copy. Paperback. Very Good. Advance reading copy of the first British edition. 243 pp. Blue wraps with paper label on front cover. Very Good with label remnants on verso of front cover, light wear. Scarce.

London: Longmans,, 1960. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. Spine gently rolled, small mark to front panel. An excellent copy in an exceptionally bright jacket. First UK edition, first impression, scarcer than the first US edition, which preceded the UK edition by a few months.

NEW YORK NY: FARRAR, STRAUS, AND CUDAHY. NF/VG. 1960. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: AUTHOR'S THIRD BOOK/"FIRST EDITION" NOT STATED ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE. ISBN: AS IS THE CASE WITH THIS TITLE. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS WITH WEAR, SHORT TEARS,AND SHALLOW SURFACE CHIPS AT THE SPINE TOP, A ONE INCH TEAR AT THE TOP OFTHE FRONT PANEL NEAR THE SPINE, AND SOME MODEST TANNING OF THE WHITEAREAS OF THE DJ. A NICE COPY.. Keywords: NOVEL, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, [1960].. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Jacket very slightly foxed at backstrip; minor edge wear.. 8vo,.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, 1960. Octavo. Original red marble-patterned boards, grey cloth backstrip lettered in white, black endpapers. Spine negligibly sunned at head, upper outer corners of boards very lightly bumped. An excellent copy in the price-clipped dust jacket with a few small nicks at joints. First edition, first printing, scarce in the dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with a light dampstain mostly visible only on the inside of the jacket. The author's second novel and the last of the three books that were to be published during her lifetime.

(London): Longmans, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. A couple of spots of foxing on the boards, else fine in price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. The author's second novel and the last of the three books that were to be published during her lifetime.

[London]:: Longmans,, [1960].. First English edition.. original boards in dust jacket.. A bright fine copy, except for slight darkening of the top edge of the text block; in a fine jacket.. 8vo,.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1960 A very good first edition (no statement of later printings on copyright page) in a very good dust jacket with original price of $3.75 still present.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. About Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, toned at the edges of the flaps, lightly rubbed and bumped at the edges. Quarter blue cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a light blue top stain, some foxing on the outer edges, clean internally. O'Connor's second novel, the follow-up to Wise Blood, in which she "displays her astonishing gifts for satire with compassion and for pathos with humor." Like its predecessor, it is a landmark in the Southern Gothic genre.

London: Longmans, Green & Company, 1960. First British Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First British edition. [x], 243 pp. Publisher's orange cloth with spine gilt lettering. Foxed edges (heaviest on top) else Fine, in a Very Good+ jacket with a little toning to spine panel, rubbing and slight scuffing to back panel, small rub spot to spine, unclipped (16/- net). An above average copy of the Southern writer's second novel.

London: Longmans, 1960. First Impression. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First UK Edition (no further printings noted) of the author's third book and second novel, after Wise Blood. Small 8vo: [10],243,[1]pp. Publisher's tangerine cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket, priced 16/-. About Fine (dust-soiled top edge) and apparently unread; about Fine jacket (back panels lightly soiled), vivid and bright. A scarce collectible example, one of just 3500 copies printed. Yet another example of the value to be found in the graphically superior designs of most UK editions of American authors's works. Published eight years after Wise Blood and sharing that book's "interest in reluctant Southern prophets, violence and the grotesque. The title is taken from the Douay translation of Matthew 11:12, which provides the book?s epigraph: 'From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.' These are Jesus?s words to the multitude, and the themes of baptism, violence and the Bread of Life pervade the novel. . . . While O?Connor?s reputation has continued to rest most heavily on her stories, The Violent Bear It Away remains a considerable addition to the American Romance tradition, and her best attempt at longer fiction." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1955. Dust jacket spine has some small staining, back of dust jacket has some minor wrinkling. "$3.75" is present on inside flap.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good.

London: Longmans, 1960. First Impression. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First UK Edition (no further printings noted) of the author's third book and second novel, after Wise Blood. Small 8vo: [10],243,[1]pp. Publisher's tangerine cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket, priced 16/-. About Fine (dust-soiled top edge) and apparently unread; about Fine jacket (spine panel ends lightly rubbed, pinhead nick to front panel), vivid and bright. A scarce collectible example, one of just 3500 copies printed. Yet another example of the value to be found in the graphically superior designs of most UK editions of American authors's works. Published eight years after Wise Blood and sharing that book's "interest in reluctant Southern prophets, violence and the grotesque. The title is taken from the Douay translation of Matthew 11:12, which provides the book?s epigraph: 'From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.' These are Jesus?s words to the multitude, and the themes of baptism, violence and the Bread of Life pervade the novel. . . . While O?Connor?s reputation has continued to rest most heavily on her stories, The Violent Bear It Away remains a considerable addition to the American Romance tradition, and her best attempt at longer fiction." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1960. 1st Ed. hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo, red boards with gray cloth spine, DJ is edgeworn with small tears, tanned around the edges, interior pages are clean, a novel, 243 pages

London: Longmans, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (16/- NET), lightly toned. Orange buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A remarkably fresh copy of O'Connor's second novel, the follow-up to Wise Blood, in which she "displays her astonishing gifts for satire with compassion and for pathos with humor." Like its predecessor, it is a landmark in the Southern Gothic genre.

New York. 1960. Farrar Straus & Cudahy. 1st American Edition. Honolulu Book Shops Sticker in the Back, Otherwise Very Good In Slightly Worn Dustjacket W/A Few Small Pieces Missing. 243 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this novel Flannery O’Connor is at the top of her powers. THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY displays her astonishing gifts for satire with compassion and for pathos with humor. It tells the story of Francis Marion Tarwater, an orphan who lives backcountry with his great-uncle in Powderhead, Tennessee. Before the old man dies, he prophesies Tarwater’s fate: the Lord will call him to be a prophet. Another crucial prophecy he makes is to Rayber, his nephew, a schoolteacher, about Rayber’s son, Bishop: ‘Either Tarwater or me is going to baptize that child. If not me in my day, him in his.’ At the old man’s death, little Bishop, thanks to Rayber’s alert opposition, remains unbaptized, and on Tarwater falls the burden of baptizing him. A struggle over Bishop begins between Tarwater and Rayber. The clash between these two temperaments provides some of the funniest episodes in the book, as Rayber exerts himself to the straining point in his sincere desire to rescue Tarwater’s mind from darkness. Yet Tarwater, interiorly, is undergoing a struggle of his own. He does not want to be either prophet or baptist; he shows extraordinary strengths within himself in resisting his fate. The story moves inexorably to its climax and an outcome which neither Rayber nor Tarwater could foresee. In its special number devoted to ‘The American Imagination,’ the Times Literary Supplement praised Flannery O’Connor’s ‘merciless humour, extraordinary composure, and a compassion so universal that it raises all her local characters to a universal scale.’ These qualities of her special genius are so vividly present in this novel, and are set forth in prose of such clarity and vigor as to make THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY clearly her most important work. inventory #20934

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1960. First Edition. Covers a little bowed; very good in dust jacket.

Longmans, London., 1960. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 243 pages. The author's third book and second novel.Spine slightly bumped at head and tail, otherwise fine in very near fine dustwrapper.

Longmans Green london 1960. first UK Edition red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 243pp VG (sl bruising to extremities, moderate foxing to eps first few pages and foredge,) in VG- d/w (moderate wear discolouration and creasing to extremities, moderate rubbing, small closed tear to top, moderate foxing to reverse) SCARCE

London: Longmans Green and co, 1960 1st English edition printed the same year as the American one but in a much smaller printing of 3500 copies. O'Connors third book and second novel. Orange boards slightly bumped at spine ends and slightly bruised to corners, light pencil note to fep from original bookseller. Dust jacket is complete and unclipped, a small ding to the spine does not break the surface of the paper, very minor light rubbing at the top of the spine, tiny 4mm split at tail of spine at joint. white parts of the jacket show light dust soiling, a very nice copy. SCARCE. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Published in 1976. Reading copy only. Detached pages.

Longmans, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. First Edition. 243 pages. Illustrated orange jacket covering orange cloth with gilt text. Pages are slightly tanned with heavy foxing and light water staining to text block edges. Noticeable dog-earing inside, light foxing and thumbing to the endpapers as well as pastedowns. Heavy strip of tanning to text block fore-edge of page 33-52. Binding is firm with moderate corner bumping and light soiling around edges of bright boards. Spine is tanned with light shelf wear and bumping. Some minor water damage to fore-edge of rear board with corresponding heavier water damage to rear panel of unclipped jacket. Jacket has light edge wear and tears all round and moderate red staining to rear panel. Tanned Spine has light staining with scuffing to ends. Moderate foxing and water damage to inside.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux. PAPERBACK. 0374505241 New Condition. . New.

NOONDAY PRESS, 1988. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1960-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1960 29th printing, 1996, no spine creases, may be unread, very clean with FOS on inside cover and some very light markings on covers, difficult to find, appear to be transfers from other materials, possibly used as a writing surface.

NY: SIGNET D1937, 1961. STATED FIRST EDITION. PAPERBACK. VG+.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. PAPERBACK. 0374530874 Special order direct from the distributor . New.

New American Library, 1961-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

1961 Signet first printing. Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked, and lightly tanned. The wraps are uncreased and show only very light soil. The spine is uncreased. Condition issues include minor wear at the top and bottom of the spine, and ink marks on the bottom of the text block (see last photo) Please message me with any questions

Noonday, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.