Violent Bear Away, First Edition (40 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. Ships same or next business day. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st.

Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 22nd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Signet, 1983. 12mo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. 1st. thus. Slipcase soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing stated. Slipcase has some scuffing and edge wear. Scuffing and light edge wear to green cloth covers. Pages crisp and clean. #O.

Condition: New. Editor(s): Srigley, Susan. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Hardcover. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Notes by Sally Fitzgerald. Octavo. 1,281pp. Green cloth. Spine slightly cocked, small spot on page foredges, else a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with flap corners creased. Issued as Library of America 39.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD condition --- DUST JACKET: Chipping to top and bottom of spine and all outside corners. A few closed tears: top right hinge at spine, top right edge, front panel, and top right edge, back panel. A couple of abrasions to left spine hinge, marring illustration. Stressing/abrasions to flap folds. Minor soiling to both panels, most noticeably to back. Tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Very good condition. BOOK: Ink markings, top of FFEP. Minor foxing at gutter, half-title page. Minor age toning. Hinge starting at top of LFEP. Slightly shaken binding. Please read description and inspect photos closely for condition details. ***************************************************************** ********************************** Here on offer is a very nice copy of Flannery O'Connor's second and final novel, The Violent Bear It Away. Like most of O'Connor's stories, the novel is filled with Catholic themes and dark images, making it a classic example of Southern Gothic literature. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. in 1960. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. **************************************************************************** ******************************** "A haunting exploration of faith, family, and the struggle between the sacred and the profane. First published in 1955, The Violent Bear It Away is a landmark in American literature. This dark and absorbing novel showcases Flannery O'Connor's Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice. It follows the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousins, the schoolteacher Rayber, as they defy the prophecy of their dead uncle?that Tarwater will become a prophet and baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. 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 relatives and lay claim to Bishop's soul. O'Connor observes this struggle with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos, revealing her brilliance as an innovative writer acutely attuned to the interplay of the sacred and the mundane." /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 - August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent situations. The unsentimental acceptance or rejection of the limitations or imperfections or differences of these characters (whether attributed to disability, race, crime, religion or sanity) typically underpins the drama. Her writing reflected her Roman Catholic faith and frequently examined questions of Catholicism-defined morality and ethics. Her posthumously compiled Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and has been the subject of enduring praise. The above text taken from, respectively, HarperCollins publishing (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1960 Farrar Straus & Cudahy first edition in shop worn price intact jacket. (Chips and closed tear to rear panel and along front flap fold.) Tight binding no marks, light fore edge soil. E46 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York (1960). First edition. First print. Quarter gray cloth with red paper covered boards. A very pleasant copy. Lightly edge worn and light soiling to the text edges but insignificant. A very good, complete jacket retains it's original $3.75 price. Some light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Light scuff marks and a short closed tear. All said, a very presentable copy and cleans up well in archival mylar jacket cover. This title being one of the short list of O'Connors works published in her lifetime. Pp. 243.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Longmans, (1960). First edition (U.K.) , 1st impression. 8vo. 243 pp. Original coral orange paper boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped (16s) dust-jacket. Mild toning, edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners. A few small tears, chipping and rubbing at edges, tips. Toning consistent to spine, some dirtiness and smudges, a few spots of soiling evidence. Mild handling and shelf wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light curling to spine ends, corners lightly bumped, curled. Mild page toning and some trace foxing, nicks to page edges. Small pencil price to ffep corner, else clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket: Very Good Hardcover: Very Good "The Violent Bear It Away is a 1960 novel by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter was originally published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead" in the journal New World Writing. The novel tells the story of Francis Marion Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape the destiny his uncle has prescribed for him: the life of a prophet. Like most of O'Connor's stories, the novel is filled with Catholic themes and dark images, making it a classic example of Southern Gothic literature. Flannery O'Connor was a devout Catholic, and The Violent Bear It Away reflects her religious beliefs. It is filled with religious imagery and themes, ranging from the power of passion to the dominance of destiny.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. The author's third book and second novel, published the same year as the first American edition. Only 3,500 copies were printed of the UK first edition, and it is consequently harder to find now than the US first edition. ***Very good in orange cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and creased. Bottom corner of front board slightly creased. Top edge and fore-edge of page block slightly foxed and discoloured. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 16/- net. The dustwrapper is complete without any chips or tears - just a short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Head of spine of dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and creased. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and discoloured (being a plain white background). Slight fading to the colours on the spine of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper bright. ***206mm x 136mm. 243 pages. ***'Flannery O'Connor is one of the most brilliant of young American writers; she is already well-known for her first novel, Wise Blood, and her collected short stories, The Artificial Nigger. This, her third book, is a novel. It is powerful, strange and thought-provoking, the work of a talented and original writer. ---we are shown how the boy's great-uncle who considers himself a prophet, has sought and failed to imbue his nephew, a schoolteacher, with the spirit of religious exaltation and violent dedication. When the old man dies, Tarwater, whom he has brought up in the backwoods and taught to expect the Lord's call, is left to decide whether he will be a prophet like the old man, or whether, like the schoolteacher, he will act only on his own rational interests. ---After getting drunk and failing to bury his great-uncle, Tarwater, uncertain of his mission but hating the thought of it, heads for the city where the schoolteacher lives. ***The main action of the book concerns his struggle with himself to decide his vocation and the schoolteacher's struggle to save himself from the old man's influence. Tarwater's real mentor is an articulate devil who phrases the schoolteacher's philosophy in the boy's own religious idiom. In the end it is an experience with the devil which crystalises for the boy his true vocation. This is a novel in which the humorous elements do not interfere with the seriousness of the theme. It is a powerful study, coolly observed and ruthlessly described.' (Quote from dustwrapper blurb) ***First impression of the first UK edition - extremely hard to find now in the original dustwrapper in collectable condition. Of interest to collectors of American South grotesque and gothic literary first editions, and in particular the work of Flannery O'Connor. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

London: Longmans, 1960. First UK Edition, First Printing. One of the defining works of Southern Gothic literature and a cornerstone of Flannery O'Connor's legacy. The UK edition was limited to just 3,500 copies. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Unmarked interior. Dust jacket unclipped, with light wear to the head and tail of spine and extremities; a very tiny closed tear at the upper rear panel corner; and toning with light soiling to the rear panel. Remarkable copy. The novel follows a young boy torn between his great-uncle's religious vision and the secular, rationalist world that seeks to claim him. O'Connor's second and final novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1960). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 243 pp. Original quarter grey cloth under crimson marbled paper boards, stamped in white, grey, in original unclipped ($3.75) dust-jacket. Faint edge wear, particular to spine crown. A small abrasion to spine. Light handling and shelf wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light curling to spine ends. Faint forward lean, light outward bow to boards. Interior clean and unmarked. Scarce, signed by the author on the half-title page, along with her penned correction on p. 242. On January 28, 1960, soon after she had received the book, Flannery O'Connor wrote to author Cecil Dawkins that "The worst misprint was actually on the next to the last page. It is supposed to be 'he heard the command,' and they have it, he heard to command," which doesn't make sense." ? O'Connor was so displeased with the error, It is purported that occasionally, when O'Connor signed copies of this book, she would turn to this page and make the correction herself. Dust Jacket: Near Fine Hardcover: Near Fine "The Violent Bear It Away is a 1960 novel by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter was originally published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead" in the journal New World Writing. The novel tells the story of Francis Marion Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape the destiny his uncle has prescribed for him: the life of a prophet. Like most of O'Connor's stories, the novel is filled with Catholic themes and dark images, making it a classic example of Southern Gothic literature. Flannery O'Connor was a devout Catholic, and The Violent Bear It Away reflects her religious beliefs. It is filled with religious imagery and themes, ranging from the power of passion to the dominance of destiny.". Signed by Author(s).

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. One of the defining works of Southern Gothic literature and a cornerstone of Flannery O'Connor's legacy. This novel solidified her reputation as one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. Near Fine book in a Near Fine- dust jacket. Jacket with light soiling to the rear panel and light wear to the front panel edge, as well as to the crown and foot of the spine, including a small chip and minor tear. Overall, a very nice copy. The novel follows a young boy torn between his great-uncle's religious vision and the modern, rational world that seeks to claim him.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Fine in lovely near fine dust jacket with just some light rubbing to spine ends.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First French trade edition of *The Violent Bear It Away*. Text in French. Translated by Maurice-Edgar Coindreau. Preface by J.M.G. Le Clezio. Self-wrappers. The letters "SP" are hole-punched on last page and rear wrapper, spine creased and age-toned, else very good.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First French trade edition of *The Violent Bear It Away*. Translated by Maurice-Edgar Coindreau. Preface by J.M.G. Le Clezio. Self-wrappers. Very slight soiling and a faint spot on the front wrap, else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st British ed. VG clean and tight copy, very slight lean, some light soiling to boards, black ink mark to bottom page edge, no jacket.

Condition: Very good plus. First printing. First Greek edition of O'Connor's second and final novel, translated by major postwar Greek novelist, critic, and journalist Alexandros Kotzias. While still writing THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY, O'Connor referred to the novel as her "Opus Nauseous"; by the time the manuscript was complete, she was left "in that state of not knowing whether it works or is the worst novel ever written." To the novelist John Hawkes, she wrote, "I don't think many people will like it, but it will mean something to me if a few people do," and upon correcting the proofs, "await[ed] the critical reception with distaste and unanticipation." In fact, the top end of critical reception was (and is) hugely favorable, but O'Connor was able to console herself with the strong suspicion that those who praised it did not understand it. O'Connor was favored with a translator strikingly well-matched in sensibility: the heroes of Kotzias's own novels "are often outcasts, underdogs, down-and-outs, social misfits. Their language is the language of terror, betrayal, sexual violence, physical or psychological abuse" (Moschos). Scarce; OCLC locates just two holdings. 7.75'' x 5''. Original cream wrappers printed in black and red. All edges tinted red. 158 pages. Light edgewear, faint soil to wrappers.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited edition of *The Violent Bear It Away*. Text in French. Translated by Maurice-Edgar Coindreau. Preface by J.M.G. Le Clezio. Textured paper wrappers. Unopened pages, corners bumped, spine soiled, else very good in the original very good glassine dust jacket. This is number 11 of 27 numbered copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Flannery O'Connor - The Violent Bear it Away (Et ce sont les violents qui l'emportent). Gallimard (1965). First French Edition. Softcover. One of 27 examples on pure vellum. Uncut pages. Extremely scarce. Fine in Fine original issue (and very delicate) tissue-like dust jacket. See image. * Be sure to check out our other Flannery O'Connor titles ~.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ex Library Copy With All The Usual Stamps, Pocket, And Tape Stains. However, The Jacket Remains Very Good, With A Little Wear To Extremities, Clipped Flap Corners, And Small Tape Shadows On The Flaps. Crown Of Spine Is A Bit Frayed, But Still Legible, With Only Slightest Fade. Internally Very Good. Stamped On Title Page Copyright Page, And Top Edge Of Text Block. Pocket With " Withdrawn Stamp On Rear Endpaper. See Photos. A Very Marriageable Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Translated by Ida Omboni. Text in Italian. Topedge modestly soiled, else fine in a near fine lightly rubbed with spine toned. Scarce 1965 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1960 Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, First Edition, hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket, is tanned and edge worn with two tears on spine, small chip at top of front flap, pages are lightly tanned around the edges, book is clean and unmarked, 243 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English edition. Fine in modestly spine-toned, else near fine dust jacket. The author's second novel and the last of the three books that were to be published during her lifetime.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. The first UK edition of Flannery O'Connor's second novel, in the vibrantly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This was the final of O'Connor's novels to be published in her lifetime, and follows fourteen-year-old Francis Marion Tarwater, who is trying to escape the destiny his uncle has chosen for him, which is that of a prophet.Only 3,500 copies were printed of this first UK edition, and it is consequently less common than the US true first edition.With the bookplate of Herta Rider, a literary agent, to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of fading to back strip, with bump to back strip tail. Small mark to tail of front board. Bookplate to front pastedown. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip, with wrap perimeters lightly age toned. Light chipping to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Tape repair to dust wrapper reverse at tail of front flyleaf fold. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.

1st edition, first printing Near fine/very good plus (a beautiful, bright copy of her third book).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.