First Edition/First Printing with a number line ending in a 2 (first printing designation for Random House at the time); A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only a slight push to the spine foot, else as new and unread. SIGNED and inscribed to Welty's friend and photography subject Willie Spann (Welty was also a well respected photographer) in the year of publication to the front free paper. A pristine copy of this novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1973; scarce in this condition and signed. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.