The Works of John O’Hara.
"Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well": Sixteen Volumes of the Works of John O’Hara; Bound in Leather
The Works of John O’Hara.
O'HARA, John.
$1,800.00
Item Number: 4370
New York: : Random House, .
First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An attractive group.
John O'Hara was a keen observer of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the socially ambitious. Writer Fran Lebowitz called him "the real F. Scott Fitzgerald." John Updike, one of his consistent supporters, grouped him with Chekhov.
