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McCULLERS, Carson (1917–1967). The Member of the Wedding. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. 8vo. Original publisher’s yellow cloth lettered in brown (some dust smudging to covers, lower joint tender; original unclipped dust jacket (front panel and spine gently sunned, slight tear to spine panel near foot, few tiny chips at top edge). FIRST EDITION of the author’s third novel that has been compared to the likes of Catcher in the Rye and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for its depiction of coming–of–age, pre–teen awkwardness and self–delusion with dark undertones. INSCRIBED BY McCULLERS on front free endpaper: “For Harrell / with love / Carson”. Bruccoli & Clark, II: p. 251.