RESURRECTION AT SORROW HILL

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with titling in black to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents, toned to the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked, pictorial dustwrapper that has a few scuffs to the rear panel. Not price-clipped (UK £14.99 net to the front flap).

From the library of Frank Pike, an editor at Faber, who over four decades, from the 1960s, onwards was responsible for the Faber drama list, recruiting Tom Stoppard, Simon Gray, Brian Friel, Sam Shepard, and Alan Bennett, among others, as well as working closely with authors already publishing with the firm, notably Samuel Beckett. Although unmarked by either Harris or Pike, this can be considered a dedication copy of sorts. The printed dedication reads "For Margaret; and to Frank Pike and Peter and Mary Heyhoe". Sir Wilson Harris (1921-2018), prize-winning British-Guyanese author, published all 26 of his novels with Faber and Faber in his lifetime. Described by Angela Carter as 'The Guyanese William Blake', Harris was a globally recognised figure for his contributions to Caribbean literature, and particularly for his landmark 'The Guyana Quartet' (1985), consisting of four novels: 'Palace of the Peacock', 'The Far Journey of Oudin', 'The Whole Armour' and 'The Secret Ladder'.