Catalog 94, H-L
167. HARJO, Joy. What Moon Drove Me to This? NY: I. Reed Books (1979). Second book by this Native American author, a collection of poems. Cover illustration, in color, by the author. Signed by the author on the title page. Additional owner gift inscription on the half-title; a couple small spots to cover; near fine in wrappers. Very scarce.
168. HARRISON, Jim. Sketch for a Job Application Blank. (n.p.): Okeanos Press, 1992. An attractive and uncommon broadside, with text from Just Before Dark. 9" x 13". Near creased; near fine.
169. HAWKING, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. NY: Bantam (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of this popular bestseller, which presents contemporary scientific understanding of the universe in accessible form for lay readers. Near fine in wrappers.
170. HIAASEN, Carl. Stormy Weather. NY: Knopf, 1995. Another Florida mystery by this bestselling author, whose combination of hard-boiled mystery with wacky, over-the-top comedy has earned him both critical acclaim and enormous popularity. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf.
171. HIAASEN, Carl. Lucky You. (New Orleans): B.E. Trice (1997). The limited edition of his most recent novel. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase.
172. -. Same title. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase.
173. HILLERMAN, Tony. A Thief of Time. NY: Harper & Row (1988). A mystery featuring both Navajo tribal policemen, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, who have been characters in Hillerman's novels. Hillerman's mysteries have been praised for the authenticity of their rendering of Navajo culture while succesfully and effectively maintaining the forms and standards of the mystery genre. The publisher reports in this volume that "all his books are required reading in Navajo schools." This is the advance reading copy, shot from typescript and reproducing holograph corrections. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
174. HOBAN, Russell. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. London: Cape (1973). The first edition of the first adult novel by the author of Riddley Walker. A modern fantasy classic of makers of maps and seekers of lions, internal and external. A patch of heavy abrasion on the corner of the front flyleaf; otherwise a fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a couple of very tiny nicks.
175. HOMES, A.M. In a Country of Mothers. NY: Knopf, 1993. Her third book. Fine in a jacket with a slight bump at the crown. Signed by the author.
176. HORNBY, Nick. High Fidelity. NY: Riverhead Books, 1995. The advance reading copy of the first American edition of this well-received first novel. Fine in wrappers.
177. HOUSEWRIGHT, David. Penance. Woodstock: Countryman Press (1995). His first novel, a Holland Taylor mystery, winner of the Edgar Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
178. IRVING, John. The Cider House Rules. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985. The correct first edition of his sixth novel, bound in full leather stamped in gilt, with gilt page edges and silk ribbon marker. With a special introduction by the author in which he explains the value of having "bad things" happen in a novel. A fine copy. Signed by the author.
179. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition (London: Cape, 1985). Owner's blindstamp on summary page; corner crease front cover and mild spine-fading; about near fine in wrappers.
180. IRVING, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. (London): Bloomsbury (1989). The first British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. Irving has stopped signing books, for the most part, in recent years, and signed copies of any editions of his books are getting harder to come by.
181. JAMES, P.D. The Children of Men. NY: Knopf, 1993. The first American edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a letter laid in from the publisher.
182. JARRELL, Randall. The Bat-Poet. NY: Macmillan (1964). An advance issue of this children's book by the renowned poet, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, an early appearance for him. Unbound signatures laid into the dust jacket. The sheets are fine; the jacket is chipped along the upper edge, where it overhangs the pages. A very scarce, early issue of an important collaboration between two of the premier figures in their respective fields.
183. JOHNSON, Denis. Resuscitation of a Hanged Man. NY: FSG (1991). Fourth novel by the author of Angels and Fiskadoro. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
184. JOHNSON, Denis. Already Dead. (NY): HarperCollins (1997). His well-received latest novel, a tale of various existential misfits in northern California. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
185. KEROUAC, Jack. Pull My Daisy. NY: Grove (1961). The first printing, only issued in wrappers. Kerouac provides the text for a film by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. Illustrated with photographs from the film, which starred, among others, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Larry Rivers and Gregory Corso. Very near fine in wrappers. Quite scarce these days.
186. (KESEY, Ken). "Tranny-man" in Spit in the Ocean #1. Pleasant Hill: Intrepid Trips (1974). The first issue of Kesey's homegrown magazine, edited by him and with contributions by Kesey himself, Ken Babbs, Wendell Berry, Paul Krassner and others, including Kesey's alter-ego "Grandma Whittier." This copy bears postage and the mailing label on the rear cover (to the N.Y. Times Book Review). Near fine in wrappers. This is the first printing, with no writing on the spine, which is considerably scarcer than the later printing(s).
187. (KESEY, Ken). Still Kesey! NY: Viking, 1986. A promotional flyer for an evening with Kesey to publicize Demon Box, containing three previously unpublished and still-uncollected Kesey poems. Fine.
188. (KINGSOLVER, Barbara). A Reader's Guide to the Fiction of Barbara Kingsolver. (n.p.): HarperCollins (1994). Includes an interview with Kingsolver and the text of her 1993 address to the American Booksellers Association, in addition to synopses and discussion guidelines for The Bean Trees, Homeland, Animal Dreams and Pigs in Heaven. Fine in stapled wrappers.
189. KINSELLA, W.P. Box Socials. NY: Ballantine Books, (1992). The first American edition of the third novel by the author of Shoeless Joe and The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. This is a Depression-era novel set in western Canada. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
190. KINSELLA, W.P. The Dixon Cornbelt League. (Toronto): HarperCollins (1993). The true first edition of this collection of baseball stories. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
191. KINSELLA, W.P. Brother Frank's Gospel Hour and Other Stories. (Toronto): HarperCollins (1994). A collection of Indian stories featuring Frank Fencepost and Silas Ermineskin, protagonists of several earlier volumes of Kinsella's humorous tales. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
192. KIRKWOOD, Jim. There Must Be a Pony! Boston: Little Brown (1960). The first book by the author of P.S. Your Cat is Dead and Some Kind of Hero, co-author of A Chorus Line. Fine in a near fine, rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author.
193. KIRSTEIN, Lincoln. Rhymes of a PFC. NY: New Directions (1964). A collection of poems based on the author's experience in World War II, by a writer who was a major figure on the American cultural scene in the Sixties, particularly the theater. Of a total edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, this copy is an out of series copy inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Laid in is review material for the Godine reissue of 1981. Trace rubbing, but fine in similar dust jacket. An attractively bound volume, with a cloth onlay of a PFC's strip on the front cover of the book. Scarce.
194. KITTREDGE, William. Owning It All. (St. Paul): Graywolf Press, 1987. The uncorrected proof copy of Kittredge's second book, a collection of essays that was only published in softcover. The author has since come to be considered one of the leading authors on the American West. Fine in wrappers.
195. (KITTREDGE, William). "Doors to Our House" in Beyond the Mythic West. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith (1990). Quarto, heavily illustrated. Kittredge's essay is in part a reflection on writing and on Montana. A couple of small spots on the foredge of the front free endpaper, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket.
196. KOCH, C.J. The Year of Living Dangerously. (Victoria): Nelson (1978). The correct first edition (Australian) of this novel of Indonesia during the Sukarno uprising of the Sixties. Winner of The Age Book of the Year Award and the National Book Council Award for Australian Literature. Also made into a memorable film. Owner name; light shelf wear to cloth; several pages opened incautiously; near fine in a spine-faded, thus near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
197. KOCH, C.J. Crossing the Gap. London: Hogarth Press (1987). "A Novelist's Essays," a volume which had no American edition. One very mild corner crease; else fine in wrappers.
198. KOCH, C.J. Highways to a War. (n.p.): (William Heinemann Australia) (1995). The uncorrected proof copy of the first Australian edition (using Viking sheets) of this novel of Cambodia in the post-Vietnam War era. Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the second of the author's novels to win Australia's premier literary award. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
199. KRAKAUER, Jon. Into the Wild. (NY): Villard Books (1996). The advance reading copy of the third book by the author of Into Thin Air. Like his most recent book, which was selected as one of The New York Times' eleven best books of the year, this one also recounts a tragedy in the wilderness, albeit not one he was part of or witness to. Fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
200. KUNDERA, Milan. Life is Elsewhere. NY: Knopf, 1974. The first American edition of the second novel by the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Winner of the French Medicis Award as the best foreign novel published that year in France. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight, blended dampstaining across the base of the spine.
201. (Latin American Literature). BORGES, Jorge Luis. Ficciones. NY: Grove Press (1962). The first American edition of Borges' most famous work, which when translated into French won the Prix Formentor and when translated into English won Borges an immediate following and placed him at the head of a generation of writers experimenting with the forms and structures of fiction. Spotting to top stain; near fine in a very good, well-rubbed dust jacket with a long but fairly subtle tear to the front panel.
202. (Latin American Literature). ESQUIVEL, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate. NY: Doubleday (1992). The advance reading copy of the first American edition of this phenomenally successful Mexican novel, which sold more than 4 million copies and was made into the most successful Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S., grossing over $20 million. A literary and publishing phenomenon. Fine in wrappers.
203. (Latin American Literature). GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. Strange Pilgrims. NY: Knopf, 1993. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this collection of stories by the Colombian Nobel Prize winner, author of the classic One Hundred Years of Solitude. Near fine in wrappers.
204. LE CARRÉ, John. The Honourable Schoolboy. London: Hodder & Stoughton (1977). The second book in LeCarrÉ's celebrated Karla trilogy, widely considered the pinnacle of the Cold War spy novel. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with slight wear to the crown.
205. LE CARRÉ, John. The Night Manager. NY: Knopf, 1993. The first American edition of his first post-Cold War novel, for which the American edition reportedly precedes the UK edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf.
206. LEONARD, Elmore. Mr. Majestyk. (NY): Dell (1974). Paperback original, published to coincide with the release of the Charles Bronson movie. Minor rubbing and minimal corner creasing, small initials on cover; near fine in wrappers.
207. LEONARD, Elmore. The Hunted. (NY): Dell (1977). Another paperback original, a mystery. Bookstore stamp on summary page. Spine lightly creased. Near fine in wrappers. An uncommon title.
208. LEONARD, Elmore. The Switch. NY: Bantam (1978). A paperback original, a mystery published just before Leonard began to break through to a wide audience. Fine in wrappers.
209. LEONARD, Elmore. City Primeval. NY: Arbor House (1980). The first of the sequence of novels published by Arbor House that, together with a concerted publicity effort--not to mention a string of excellent reviews, turned Leonard from an obscure journeyman genre writer into a household name whose books are bestsellers upon publication. Foxing to top edge; else fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket with trace wear at the base of the spine base.
210. LEONARD, Elmore. Cat Chaser. NY: Arbor House (1982). Another of the highly praised crime novels that preceded Leonard's rise to the current prominence he enjoys in the mystery field. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
211. LEVERTOFF, Denise. The Double Image. London: Cresset Press, 1946. Her first book. The boards and jacket bear the marks of, it seems, puppy teeth, so uncommon to this or any title. Because of this encounter, very good in a very good dust jacket.