Naked In Garden Hills

New York: William Morrow (1969). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 212 pp. Original olive cloth-covered boards, stamped in black, red, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, mild tanning to jacket - particular to spine. Some light rubbing and handling wear. First-state jacket with “Gospel Singer” review to the rear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light shelf wear to edges with rubbing along the panels - particular to spine crown and foot. Interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Signed by the author in black pen on the title page.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Harry Eugene Crews (June 7, 1935 – March 28, 2012) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He often made use of violent, grotesque characters and set them in regions of the Deep South. Harry Crews's work has become synonymous with the genre Grit Lit. Crews is considered a major influence, alongside Flannery O’Connor, Cormac McCarthy, and Barry Hannah, along with later writers in the genre including Larry Brown, Dorothy Allison, and Donald Ray Pollock. Grit Lit is usually set in rural areas and often in what has been called the "Rough South".