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Prize Stories of 1946: The O. Henry Awards

First edition. Boards a little rubbed and sunned, very good in very good or better price-clipped dustwrapper with some shallow chips near the crown and some subtle fading at the spine. A good year for short stories with contributions by Truman Capote, John Berryman (his second published story), Kay Boyle, Patricia Highsmith (her first story to be published in a national magazine), Andrew Lytle, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Eudora Welty, and others. Includes Capote's first book appearance, the story "Miriam," Signed by Capote at the first page of his story. Additionally, this copy is Inscribed by him to Jordan Massie: "for my dear Jordan, who has always been so kind to me. I hope by this time another year we can be together, Truman." Massie was a writer and cousin of Carson McCullers who seems to have exercised a great influence on a number of young writers including McCullers, Capote, and Tennessee Williams. Massie's father was the basis for the character Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Capote met Massie in 1946 at McCullers's house in Nyack. An interesting and early association.

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