Letters of James Agee to Father Flye. New York: George Braziller, 1962. 1st Edition signed and inscribed by Father Flye. Blue cloth binding, dust jacket. Shelf wear, chips and spots to dust jacket. Also included are manuscript fragments circa 1950, in pencil, one paragraph of text on each page, undated, with additional manuscript transcription by Father Flye. Age toning and tears to manuscript paper.

Agee's close friend, correspondent and mentor, Father Flye, whose letters from his Pulitzer Prize-winning student were collected and published in 1962. Here Father Flye inscribes the book to a correspondent, to whom he has also sent the two included manuscript fragments in Agee's hand, which he describes as stray page of something to be used in A Death in the Family. The author's extremely fine handwriting in pencil is mentioned in Father Flye's introduction to the book: he used a well-sharpened pencil, and developed a very small handwriting which made reading a slow and at times a trying and well-nigh baffling task .

Dimensions for the book 5.5" x 1.25" x 8.5", manuscript notes are on 8.5" x 11" paper.  Shelf wear, chips and spots to dust jacket. Age toning and tears to manuscript paper.