Catalog 103, H-J
162. HALL, Parnell. Strangler. NY: Fine (1989). The fourth book in his acclaimed Stanley Hastings mystery series. The first book in the series was nominated for an Edgar Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
163. HALL, Parnell. Client. NY: Fine (1990). The fifth in the series. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
164. HAMMER, Armand. Typed Letter Signed. March 5, 1987. Two pages, on Armand Hammer Foundation stationery, addressed to the publisher of Art & Antiques magazine and correcting a misconception printed in an article that named Hammer one of America's top 100 collectors of art -- that "the art may actually belong to Occidental [Petroleum Co.]." Hammer refutes this and then spends the second page defending the quality of his art collection, which was apparently brought into question as well. Someone has routed the letter to another editor by writing a name on page one; the letter is otherwise fine.
165. HAMILL, Pete. Why Sinatra Matters. Boston/NY: Little, Brown (1998). The advance reading copy of this short volume on Sinatra, by a leading journalist and analyst of popular culture. Fine in wrappers.
166. HARR, Jonathan. A Civil Action. NY: Random House (1995). The advance reading copy of his acclaimed National Book Award winner, which went into numerous printings and was made into a well-received movie. One corner crease; near fine in wrappers. The first edition itself is quite scarce these days; the advance issue even more so.
167. HARRIS, Robert. Archangel. NY: Random House (1999). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this highly praised literary thriller set in contemporary Russia. Fine in wrappers.
168. HARRISON, Jim. Legends of the Fall, Revenge, The Man Who Gave Up His Name. (NY): Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence (1979). The three-volume limited edition of this collection of novellas, Harrison's first book published by legendary editor and publisher, Seymour Lawrence. Reportedly, prior to his meeting Lawrence, Harrison had been unable to get the collection published, being told several times that a collection of novellas wouldn't sell. Lawrence, on the other hand, loved the book, took it and published it, the result being that it sold more copies than all of the author's other books put together, according to Harrison. Lawrence decided to not only publish a trade edition but to do a signed limited edition in three volumes, with a volume for each novella, and to also publish a separate trade edition in three volumes as well -- an unusual move indicative of his innovative and creative approach to publishing. Since then, two of the novellas have been made into major movies, and Harrison has become a literary celebrity. This is an out of series copy of the limited edition: beneath the stated limitation of 250 numbered copies that is printed on the colophon is the stamp "Reading copy request from ____ [with recipient's name written in pencil]." The colophon is then signed by Harrison. The cloth is lightly foxed on the edges and the spine; near fine copies in a very good, edge-sunned slipcase. A key work in Harrison's literary career. We have never seen such a "reading copy" before of this title.
169. HARRISON, Jim. Just Before Dark. Livingston: Clark City (1991). Collected nonfiction by Harrison. Quarterbound in cloth and marbled paper boards. The hint of a spine base bump; else fine in a fine slipcase and signed by the author. An attractive edition, with illustrations by noted artist Russell Chatham, a longtime friend of Harrison and part-owner of the Clark City Press.
170. HARRISON, Jim. The Road Home. NY: Atlantic Monthly Press (1998). The limited edition of his most recent novel. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Clothbound, without dust jacket, as issued. Fine in a fine slipcase.
171. HAUTMAN, Pete. Mrs. Million. (NY): Simon & Schuster (1999). The uncorrected proof copy of the most recent novel by the author of Drawing Dead, among others. Very near fine in wrappers.
172. HELL, Richard. Artifact. Madras/NY: Hanuman, 1990. The first book by the punk rock star under the "Hell" name. A miniature book, printed in an edition of 3000 copies in wrappers and only 100 hardcover copies, of which this is one. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in a spine-tanned, near fine dust jacket and signed by the author. Scarce.
173. HELLER, Joseph. "Aristotle in New York." March 1988. Typescript (computer printout) of an excerpt from Heller's Picture This, published in September, 1988. Twenty-one pages, submitted to Art & Antiques magazine. Fine, in the binder of Heller's agent and with a letter of transmittal from the agent.
174. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. NY: Scribner, 1929. Hemingway's second great novel, after The Sun Also Rises. A Connolly 100 title and a book that has been called the greatest war novel of all time, although only a small part of it has to do directly with the war. After the critical acclaim and commercial success of The Sun Also Rises, which went through 10 printings by 1929, Hemingway, together with F. Scott Fitzgerald, was widely seen as the leading spokesman for the "Lost Generation" of American expatriate writers in the years following World War I. His novels and stories captured and defined that experience in a way that has helped shape all views of it since. A Farewell to Arms was, by far, his most commercially successful book to date, and its success overshadowed everything he was to write for the next decade or more. With this novel Hemingway, in effect, created a legacy that he himself was unable to live up to until much later, with the publication of The Old Man and the Sea, the book that is generally credited with triggering his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. A light bump to a lower board edge; very near fine in a near fine, first issue dust jacket with very light edgewear. A very attractive copy of one of the high spots of 20th century American literature.
175. -. Same title, a later printing. This copy is inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To ____ __ ____/ with admiration and affection/ Ernest Hemingway/ Sun Valley/ 1939." Offsetting to pastedowns; rubbing at edges of spine label; handled boards; a very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. In custom folding chemise and quarter leather slipcase.
176. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Contract for A Farewell to Arms. December 13, 1929. A contractual agreement for the dramatization of Hemingway's novel. The contract is between the writer Lawrence Stallings and the producer A.H. Woods. Written in the top margin, in the hand of Pauline Hemingway, is the statement: "The terms of the following contract are hereby approved." This statement is initialed by Hemingway in pencil. Stallings' dramatization of the novel was a failure, closing just three weeks after it opened in New York in September, 1930. The demise of the play, however, opened the way for a movie sale to Hollywood which netted Hemingway (who received only $750 as an advance against royalties for the play) $24,000 -- a huge sum in those days. The movie was directed by Frank Borzage, who had won an Academy Award for Best Director a year earlier for Bad Girl, and starred Helen Hayes, who had also won an Academy Award a year earlier for her role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet. Lieutenant Frederic Henry, the hero of the novel, was played by Gary Cooper, one of the hottest male stars in Hollywood at the time. Although the film got reasonably good reviews, reviewers were quick to note that it did "not reflect the real and gripping quality of the author's work" and "does not capture the spirit of the book." Indeed, Hemingway refused to see the movie when a print of it was rushed to Arkansas, where he was visiting, for its world premiere. Eight stapled legal sheets, printed on both sides, folded into wrappers. Near fine. A unique document in the post-publication history of one of the important American novels of the 20th century.
177. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. NY: Scribner, 1952. First edition of this short novel, the last major work published during his lifetime. A Pulitzer Prize winner and a contributing factor in Hemingway's winning the Nobel Prize the following year. Light bump to crown; slight wear to cloth edges and a few nicks to top page edges; still a near fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a few tiny edge chips.
178. HIJUELOS, Oscar. Empress of the Splendid Season. (NY): HarperFlamingo (1999). The latest novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
179. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Tiny nick to the rear cover; still fine in wrappers.
180. HILLERMAN, Tony. The Blessing Way. (London): Macmillan (1970). The first British edition of his first book, which introduced Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and began a series of highly praised and award-winning novels, as notable for their attention to the details of Navajo culture as for their dual-track plotting, where both a Navajo and a Western motive might fit the crime. Despite winning an Edgar Award for Best Mystery for his third novel, Hillerman wrote for nearly 15 years in relative obscurity before his commercial breakthrough helped to open up the mystery genre to protagonists of every ethnicity and individual or cultural idiosyncracy imaginable, giving the form a new self-consciousness that has allowed it to take on the exploration of significant social issues. Very slight sunning to boards; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.
181. HILLERMAN, Tony. Canyon de Chelly. California: Cahill, 1998. A limited edition of this essay by Hillerman, illustrated with drawings by Ernest Franklin. Of a total edition of 200 copies, this is one of 174 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase, without dust jacket, as issued.
182. -. The same title, this being one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author and the illustrator. Fine in slipcase, without dust jacket, as issued.
183. (HILLERMAN, Tony.) FRANKLIN, Ernest. Original Illustrations for Tony Hillerman's Canyon de Chelly. (n.p., n.d). Eight original pen-and-ink illustrations for the Tony Hillerman limited edition published by James Cahill in 1998. Illustrations measure approximately 4 1/2" x 7", on 7" x 11" sheets. Because of cropping and "bleed" used in production of the book (i.e., the printed illustrations "run off" the edges of the pages), these illustrations contain slightly more detail than is present in the printed versions. Each is signed by Franklin and suitable for framing. Fine. For all:
184. HOAGLAND, Edward. The Circle Home. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell (1960). The author's second book, a novel. His first, Cat Man, won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Hoagland has since become most well-known for his essays, particularly on natural history; John Updike called him the finest essayist of his generation. Pages unevenly browning with age, as two different paper stocks were used in production; trace foxing to the top edge; otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with spots of rubbing to the edges and folds.
185. HOOD, Mary. Publisher's Archive. 1987-1990. Two typescripts from the files of Art & Antiques magazine, with accompanying correspondence. The first, "On Georgia Landscape" is a 9-page ribbon-copy typescript on the subject of Georgian landscape art from October, 1987. Four pages of article revisions are submitted a month later. The second typescript, from July, 1988, is a 9 page computer printout, entitled "Maison Chenal," about the historic and cultural preservation of property in Louisiana, with an additional 3 pages of captions. In addition to the typescripts, there are five typed letters signed, two autograph letters signed, one autograph card signed and one autograph postcard signed. Most of the mailing envelopes are present. The second typescript has an edge burn that has darkened but not compromised the paper; all the other elements are fine. Throughout the correspondence, Hood shows herself to be an enthusiastic writer (caring about her subject matter, willingly making revisions, completing the first assignment early) and a compassionate person, sharing her impressions on the magazine and expressing interest and concern over events in the life of the editor with whom she corresponds. Hood's first book, How Far She Went, won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and was published by the University of Georgia Press. For all:
186. HORGAN, Paul. Publisher's Archive for "A Writer's Eye." 1985-1987. The publisher's correspondence file for a piece Horgan did for Art & Antiques magazine "showing how, in pursuing field research for some of my work in history and biography, I made water color drawings as items in the research itself." Included is the one-page ribbon-copy typescript of Horgan's introductory text, which preceded his captioned drawings. Together with five typed letters signed, one mailgram, and the catalog of the traveling exhibition "A Writer's Eye," in which 49 of Horgan's 200-plus drawings in the possession of the library at Yale toured the country for twenty months. Three mailing envelopes are included. A few items are folded for mailing; otherwise the lot is fine.
187. HOUSTON, Pam. Cowboys Are My Weakness. NY: Norton (1992). Her highly praised first book, a collection of stories, one of which was selected for The Best American Short Stories 1990. Reprinted a number of times and uncommon in the first printing. Slight bump to upper board; still fine in a fine dust jacket.
188. -. Same title, the advance reading copy (designated "uncorrected proof" by the publisher). Fine in pictorial wrappers. Scarce.
189. HURSTON, Zora Neale. Go Gator and Muddy the Waters. NY: Norton (1999). The advance reading copy of this collection of writings by Hurston from the Federal Writers Project. Hurston was the most prominent female literary figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and her writings have been "rediscovered" in recent years by a new generation of African-American women writers. Fine in wrappers.
190. IGNATOW, David. Typed Note Signed. September 14, 1978. To the editors of Farrar, Straus & Giroux: "I'm taking the liberty of submitting to you a ms. of short stories, not mine, that I think is worthy of consideration for publication..." The author on whose behalf Ignatow is writing is unnamed, although he does add that Grace Paley is interested in writing an introduction. One corner staple; editorial "logged in" remarks; folded in thirds; and typed on a machine that made only partial "o's." Near fine.
191. 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), which was the basis for the recent movie Simon Birch. Leatherbound, gilt stamped, with gilt page edges and silk ribbon marker. With a special introduction for this edition which does not appear in the trade edition, and signed by the author. A fine copy.
192. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy of the trade edition (NY: Morrow, 1989). Fine in wrappers.
193. -. Same title, the trade edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
194. -. Same title, the first Canadian edition (Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989). Mildly concave spine and a few small scuff marks on covers; near fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
195. IRVING, John. Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. (Toronto): Knopf Canada (1993). The first Canadian edition of his first collection of short pieces. In the title piece, Irving recalls his first glimpse of the redemptive power of telling a story. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Published after the British edition (as best we've been able to determine), but preceding the U.S. edition (expanded from this collection) by over two years.
196. IRVING, John. A Son of the Circus. NY: Random House (1994). Irving's eighth novel, about an Indian doctor in Bombay. Fine in a fine dust jacket and elaborately inscribed by the author on the title page.
197. (IRVING, John). MARK, Mary Ellen. Indian Circus. San Francisco: Chronicle Books (1993). Irving provides the foreword for this book of photographs by Mark of circus performers in India. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket. Irving was working on his novel, A Son of the Circus, which was set in India, at the time this book was published.
198. JOHNSON, Charles. Black Humor. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. First book, a collection of cartoons on the issue of race, by this author who has since become well-known and highly respected for his novels, one of which, Middle Passage, won the National Book Award. Small quarto, only issued in wrappers. A fine copy, and signed by the author.
199. JONES, Gayl. Song for Anninho. Boston: Beacon Press (1999). The advance reading copy of this verse adaptation from her novel-in-progress, Palmares -- a story of doomed love set in a fugitive slave enclave in colonial Brazil. Jones's recent novel, The Healing, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1998. Fine in wrappers.
200. JONES, Thom. Cold Snap. Boston: Little Brown (1995). Second book, a collection of stories, by the author of The Pugilist at Rest, which was a National Book Award nominee. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
201. JUST, Ward. Honor, Power, Riches, Fame and the Love of Women. NY: Dutton (1979). A review copy of this collection of stories. Just's most recent novel, A Dangerous Friend, based on his years as a reporter in Vietnam during the war, has just been published to universal critical acclaim. Trace foxing to foredge; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.