Author of numerous novels and short stories including Butterfield 8 and From The Terrace. Lot of four TLSs, dating from 1952 to 1955, written to his friend Gordon Haight. Each is written from Princeton, New Jersey, One letter is signed “John O’Hara,” two are signed “John,” and one is signed “J.” From his 1953 letter, “…I’d like to bring my wife to meet you…but, like a farmer, I have to look ahead…I see just about nothing coming if I don’t now apply the tapering fingers to the typewriter…and then we’ll be able to tell the truth of that dubious statement: you can’t shoot a man for trying”; from a undated letter: sent after a speaking engagement: “John had his two double bourbons after he holds forth; I, as you found out, require my scotches before, during and after.” In overall very good condition, with toning and edge wear to three of the letters. R&R COA.
