Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor [FIRST EDITION / FOURTH PRINTING]

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor  FIRST EDITION / 4TH PRINTING [1965] FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX An extremely readable, albeit flawed, copy of the rare TRUE First Edition of this classic collection. DUST JACKET is in tact and unclipped with some edge-wear & torn edges, most of which have been sealed.   Tanning & visible water stains along top edge of DJ, as well as underside.  Water stain also visible on top margin of front panel, beside price.   BOOK itself reads nicely with flaws:  Cover is in relatively good shape.  Cloth spine is clean with sharp, unfaded lettering,  Boards of cover have tanning / discoloration along edges and some wear to outer edges.  INSIDE COVER, cracking to paper lining on spine;  ADDITIONALLY:  A light blue water stain on top margin of flyleaf.  Also visible (to a far lesser degree) on next two pages [including title page.]   Otherwise, PAGES  are clean and unmarked with just a hint of subtle tanning.   EXTERIOR PAGE EDGES have discoloration along top edge & a mild water stain on outside edges of rear pages.  *Neither visible on actual pages & does not effect reading.   This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers: race, faith, and morality. The stories encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque; each carries her highly individual stamp and could have been written by no one else.   The stories include: Everything That Rises Must Converge, The Comforts of Home, A View of the Woods, Parker's Back, The Enduring Chill, Greenleaf, The Lame Shall Enter First, Revelation, and Judgment Day.