McCULLERS, Carson

The Member of the Wedding

First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with just a little bit of the usual spine fading. Inscribed by the author to her editor at Houghton Mifflin, Robert Linscott: "For my precious Bob, very gratefully -- and with my most devoted love, Carson." A superb association, Linscott was one of the most distinguished American editors of the first half of the 20th Century, and formed particularly close relationships with McCullers and Truman Capote. McCullers later adapted her own novel into a play that opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters and won numerous awards. Waters and Harris then recreated their Broadway roles in the 1952 Fred Zinneman film, with Harris nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

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