The Ponder Heart

Eudora Welty. First edition, later printing. Dust Jacket: Very Good. A price clipped jacket in a mylar protective wrapper. Some chipping on the spine of jacket. Hardcover: Very Good+ New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. No writing or markings in the book, 156 pp. Several illustrations in the text by Joe Krush. Has an ex-Libri sticker on inside cover.

Note: First edition, early printing which is lacking the edition statement on the copyright page, is marked "W" denoting possible second printing. Still very collectible, true first editions are selling for high $$.

This was Welty's sixth book, and third novel. It is a light-hearted story about dealing with the residents of Clay, Mississippi who are seen through the eyes of Edna Earle Ponder as she cares for her eccentric uncle, Daniel Ponder wants to give away the family fortune.

This comic novella originally ran in THE NEW YORKER a few months prior to book publication. It was later adapted to the stage.