THE GHOST OF MEMORY

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author, inscribed to Frank Pike, editor at Faber and Faber. Original burgundy paper-covered boards lettered in silver to the spine, in the dustwrapper designed by Darren Wall. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Light rubbing and pushing to the upper spine tip. The dustwrapper, a little rubbed and creased to the upper spine tip, is otherwise fine. Not price-clipped (£16.99 to the front flap). The Guyanese novelist's final novel. Uncommon in signed or inscribed state.

Inscribed by the author in black ink to the title page "For Frank / in appreciation of his / days as an editor — / with warmest, best wishes / Wilson / November 2006". The recipient, Frank Pike, was head of the drama list at Faber and Faber for over forty years. Pike described his relationship with Harris as "the most rewarding [...] in my personal and professional life". The Ghost of Memory, Harris' final novel is described on jacket as "a chameleon fiction that explores the blurred boundaries between our waking and our dream lives. [...] We know that life fades into death but, in what degree, does life relive itself as it dreams of dying?"