Carson McCullers. — Reflections in a Golden Eye

Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Carson McCullers's second novel, a work exploring themes of homosexuality, sadism, voyeurism, and fetishism on a 1930s army base. The first edition, first printing.McCullers's novel is set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, and tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual man whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton's wife, Leonora.The novel was adapted as a 1967 film of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.With the former owner's inscription of William Wyant, 1941, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip a touch age toned, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Faint handling marks to front board. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding a touch strained, but generally firmly held. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .