Catalog 127, H-I
173. HANNAH, Barry. Airships. NY: Knopf, 1978. His third book and first collection of stories, widely considered a contemporary classic of the new Southern Gothic. Inscribed by the author in Iowa City in 1998. Minor offsetting at the hinges from binder's glue; still fine in a fine dust jacket.
174. HANNAH, Barry. Ray. NY: Knopf, 1980. Hannah's fourth book, third novel, nominated for the National Book Award. Signed by the author in 1982 and again inscribed by Hannah in 1998. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
175. HANNAH, Barry. The Tennis Handsome. NY: Knopf, 1983. Inscribed by the author in 1998. Upper corner bumped; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
176. HANNAH, Barry. Captain Maximus. NY: Knopf, 1985. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small crimp at the spine heel.
177. HANNAH, Barry. Hey Jack! NY: Dutton (1987). Inscribed by the author in 1998. Sticker shadow on front pastedown; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
178. HANNAH, Barry. Boomerang. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. A short novel. Inscribed by the author in 1998. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
179. HANNAH, Barry. Never Die. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Signed by the author and additionally inscribed by Hannah in 1998. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
180. HANNAH, Barry. Bats Out of Hell. Boston/NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Inscribed by the author in 1998. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
181. HANNAH, Barry. High Lonesome. NY: Atlantic Monthly Press (1996). Inscribed by the author in 1998. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
182. (HARRISON, Jim). Russell Chatham. Livingston: Clark City Press, 1987. A monograph on the artist, whose paintings have illustrated a number of Harrison's (and others') books, with contributions by Harrison, Hunter Thompson, Thomas McGuane, Etel Adnan, Jim Fergus, and with an autobiographical sketch by Chatham. Quarto; only issued in wrappers, with numerous color reproductions of Chatham's artwork. Fine.
183. -. Another copy. Signed by Harrison. Very near fine in wrappers.
184. (HARRISON, Jim). Conversations with Jim Harrison. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi (2002). The hardcover issue of this collection of interviews with Harrison, dating from 1971 to 1999. Includes a brief chronology of the author's life and works. Signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
185. HASS, Robert. Praise. NY: Ecco Press (1979). The hardcover issue of Volume 17 in the American Poetry Series. The second regularly published book by this poet who won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" and was later named Poet Laureate of the U.S. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with faint spine-fading, internal tape-strengthening, and one nick at the upper rear panel.
186. HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1961. A later printing of Heller's first book, a black comedy of World War II and military life whose title has become a part of the language, signifying a contradictory set of instructions or constraints. This book was both the basis for a well-received movie and also one of the novels that helped define the ethos of the 1960s -- funny, irreverent, and critical of established authority and bureaucracy. One of the few books to be listed on each of the Modern Library, Radcliffe, Waterstone's and New York Public Library lists of the great books of the 20th century. Signed by the author. Fine in a mildly rubbed, very near fine dust jacket. A nice copy of this landmark book: a fifteenth printing, but in the original format and with the same jacket art as the first printing.
187. HELLER, Joseph and VOGEL, Speed. No Laughing Matter. NY: Putnam (1986). A humorous, collaborative memoir documenting Heller's being taken ill with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a debilitating and often fatal condition, "no laughing matter," as the title says -- although the book is at great pains to disprove that, and to show the humor of the author of Catch-22 even as he deals with the uncertainties of his illness, and six months hospitalization. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with dampstaining to verso of crown and a corner crease on the front flap.
188. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Men Without Women. NY: Scribner, 1927. Hemingway's second collection of stories, published the year after the success of The Sun Also Rises. This is the first issue book in the first issue jacket, without any reviews on the front panel. The entire first printing was 7650 copies; the first issue comprised 5450 of those, according to the bibliography. Includes several of Hemingway's most well-known, and often-anthologized, stories, including "The Undefeated" and "The Killers." Top stain a bit dull, minor handling to boards; a very near fine copy in a very good, spine-tanned jacket shallowly chipped across the crown.
189. -. Same title, the first illustrated edition. Cleveland/NY: World Library (1946). Illustrated and introduced by John Groth, whose introduction describes meeting Hemingway on the front lines in World War II and whose pen-and-ink sketches were done after that meeting. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with fading to the spine title and modest edge wear.
190. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Winner Take Nothing. NY: Scribner, 1933. Hemingway's third collection of stories, published at the height of his acclaim, and including the first book appearance of the classic, "A Clean Well-Lighted Place." Cloth a bit mottled, faint offsetting to front endpages; pencil owner name on front pastedown; still near fine in a dust jacket with a vertical spine crease and black color added.
191. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. To Have and Have Not. NY: Scribner, 1937. A novel about a reluctant Caribbean gun runner, which brought the author criticism for its heavy-handed attempt to infuse the story with the fashionable left wing politics of the time. As his first novel since A Farewell to Arms, any book would have been found wanting; and even though we do not look to Hemingway's novels for piercing political analysis, the sympathies expressed in this book are exactly those that drove him to Spain during the Spanish Civil War in futile support of the Spanish Republic -- one of the defining events of Hemingway's life. Basis for the 1944 movie with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and a screenplay by William Faulkner. Faint shallow scratch to front board; still fine in a near fine dust jacket with light scratches on the rear panel. One of the nicest copies we've seen of this easily-marred book.
192. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. NY: Scribner, 1940. Hemingway's last great novel, a partisan tale of the Spanish Civil War, which he had covered as a journalist, and which was charged with great portentousness in the days leading up to the Second World War. For Whom the Bell Tolls has been called Hemingway's most ambitious novel, and it is the one in which his political convictions reveal themselves most fully: he effectively conveys the idea that a people's freedom is worth fighting, and even dying, for. This passionate defense of the ill-fated Spanish Republic was so compelling that 30 years later, under the Franco government, the book was still entirely banned in Spain; copies were smuggled into the country and passed around surreptitiously. Some offsetting to the hinges; a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing, and slight spine fading and wear to the spine ends.
193. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Fifth Column and Four Unpublished Stories of the Spanish Civil War. NY: Scribner (1969). Although billed on the dust jacket as unpublished, the four stories had been published in magazines and get their first book publication here, along with the republication of the play "The Fifth Column." Light corner bump; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
194. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Garden of Eden. NY: Scribner, 1986. Fine in a near fine, spine and edge-toned dust jacket.
195. HIAASEN, Carl. Hoot. NY: Knopf (2002). The advance reading copy of this novel ostensibly for kids by the acclaimed south Florida mystery writer. A Newbury Honor book. Fine in wrappers.
196. HIJUELOS, Oscar. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. NY: FSG (1989). Hijuelos' second book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and later the basis for a well-received, Oscar-nominated movie. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
197. HORNBY, Nick. 31 Songs. (London): Viking (2003). Essays/reviews of 31 songs that have been important to this author of High Fidelity, among other books. Signed by Hornby. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
198. (HURSTON, Zora Neale). "The Gilded Six-Bits" in Story, Vol. III, No. 14. NY: Story Magazine, 1933. An early publication by Hurston, one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance, preceding her first published book. Also includes Faulkner's "Artist at Home" and Nelson Algren's first published story, "So Help Me." Foredge stain, bump to heel; very good in wrappers.
199. IRVING, John. The 158-Pound Marriage. NY: Random House (1974). His third novel. Inscribed by the author to a former professor of classics at Brandeis University. Irving had just taken a job as writer-in-residence at Brandeis when The World According to Garp was published. Although people assured him that Garp was a "big" book and certain to be successful, Irving thought that after three novels that had received good reviews but poor sales he knew better, and took the Brandeis job. After Garp's success, he was able to leave teaching and devote himself to writing full-time. Some sunning to spine cloth; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with trace wear to the spine base and creasing to the front flap.
200. IRVING, John. The World According to Garp. NY: Dutton (1978). His fourth novel and breakthrough book, which went into numerous printings, became a multi-million copy bestseller and a National Book Award winner in its paperback release. Basis for a well-received movie, albeit one that by consensus fell short of the book's magic. Address stamp on front fly (of the Brandeis professor whom the above book is inscribed to); staining to the lower edge of the first dozen or so pages; very slight slant to spine; very good in a near fine jacket.
201. -. Same title. The advance reading copy. The first printing of Garp was reported at 35,000 copies; none of Irving's previous books had sold even 5,000 copies, with one of them having had sales under 2000. Irving switched publishers for this book, and his new publisher decided to promote the novel heavily. After issuing two sets of proofs in small numbers for early readers and reviewers, Dutton printed this advance reading copy for wide distribution to the book trade. It worked in bringing attention to Irving's novel, which became a bestseller; since then, Irving's books have had six-figure first printings and his reputation as a major American novelist is secure. The publisher's risk, in producing such a large first printing, and their marketing efforts -- including creating this advance copy -- played no small part in this transformation. Inscribed by the author: "For ___,/ in memory of/ 'that' night; we should never/ be ashamed./ Love. John Irving." Spine faded and creased; covers spotted, with one corner crease; very good in wrappers. A nice personal inscription in a book one seldom finds signed.
202. IRVING, John. The Hotel New Hampshire. NY: Dutton (1981). His first book after the success of Garp. This novel was his first to have a six-figure first printing (announced at 100,000 copies) and was later the basis for a movie that, like The World According to Garp, was a modest success but fell short of the book's appeal. Warmly inscribed by the author to another writer in 1981 at Bread Loaf, the writers' workshop. Also signed by the dedicatee, Shyla Irving, on the rear dust jacket panel, next to where she is credited with the author photo. Fine in a fine dust jacket with traces of sunning to the upper edge. A nice association copy, by a writer who in recent years has generally declined to sign any more books.
203. IRVING, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1989. The true first edition of what may be Irving's best-loved book (a substantial claim for a book by the author of The World According to Garp), and the novel from which the movie Simon Birch was adapted. Leatherbound, gilt stamped, with gilt page edges and silk ribbon marker. With a special introduction for this edition that does not appear in the trade edition. Signed by the author. A fine copy.
204. -. Same title, the first trade edition. NY: Morrow (1989). Fine in a fine dust jacket.
205. -. Same title. (London): Bloomsbury (1989). The advance reading copy of the first British edition. Read, with light creases; very good in wrappers. Uncommon.