"ONE OF OUR GREATEST NOVELISTS" (HARPER LEE)

PRICE, Reynolds. A Generous Man. New York: Atheneum, 1966. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. $300.

First edition of the highly anticipated second novel by Price, "one of the most important voices in modern Southern fiction," signed on the title page by him.

A Generous Heart, the second novel by Price—"one of the most important voices in modern Southern fiction"—continues the saga of the Mustian family, introduced in his acclaimed 1962 first novel, A Long and Happy Life (New York Times). Widely viewed as a successor to Faulkner, Price is "one of our greatest novelists" (Harper Lee). "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Bookseller ticket.

A fine signed copy.