5. AUSTER, Paul. Ghosts (Mimeograph manuscript). Photocopy of the typewritten manuscript for Auster’s second published novel. 4to. 101 pp. Photocopied with author’s occasional redactions and handwritten revisions scattered throughout. Bound in cardboard two-punch binder.
[With:]
Auster Autograph letter signed to Paul [Lichter] communicating Auster’s preference to have Elmore Leonard provide a blurb for Ghosts, mentioning that Russell Banks has blurbed City of Glass, and Don DeLillo the same for The Locked Room. Brooklyn: June 6, 1985. 1 page (285 x 215 mm). Condition: short tear at right edge middle fold, slight creasing to one edge.
auster seeks elmore leonard blurb for his novel ghosts.
[And:]
Photocopy of typed letter. Elmore Leonard’s jacket blurb submission for Ghosts on Leonard’s letterhead, signed and dated August 27, 1985. 1 page (285 x 215 mm). Condition: short tear at right edge middle fold, slight creasing to one edge.
est. $1200 – $1500