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173. HARRIS, Mark. Trumpet to the World. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1946). The first book by the author of Bang the Drum Slowly, among many other novels and autobiographical works. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To Miss Elizabeth/ Graham - a good/ teacher, a teacher/ of truth - with/ best regards,/ Mark Harris/ 9/18/46." The author was 22 years old when he published his first novel, and it can be safely inferred that Miss Graham was one of his influential teachers in high school; the author became a journalist and then went into the Army shortly after finishing high school. A nice inscription in an uncommon first book. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with one internally tape-repaired edge tear.
174. -. Another copy. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip on the rear panel.
175. HARRIS, Mark. City of Discontent. Indianapolis/NY: Bobbs-Merrill (1952). His first book of nonfiction, an "interpretive biography" of the poet Vachel Lindsay. Fine in a very good, slightly spine-faded dust jacket with only slight edge wear. An attractive copy of a fairly fragile book.
176. HARRIS, Mark. The Southpaw. Indianapolis/NY: Bobbs-Merrill (1953). The first book in the author's celebrated trilogy of baseball novels, which included Bang the Drum Slowly (1956) and A Ticket for a Seamstitch (1957). These were followed, more than 20 years later, with a fourth novel, It Looked Like Forever, which followed the same character, Henry Wiggen. Owner name; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of creasing at the lower front panel.
177. -. Same title. (Indianapolis/NY): Charter Books (1962). First thus, with a new introduction by the author. Spine-slanted and faded; very good in wrappers.
178. HARRIS, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. NY: Knopf, 1956. The advance reading copy of his classic baseball novel, which some consider the best baseball novel ever. The book was made into a TV movie in 1956 with a young Paul Newman starring as Henry Wiggen. Much later, in 1973, the book was made into a Hollywood movie, with a script by Harris and with Michael Moriarty starring as Henry Wiggen and Robert de Niro as his doomed friend, Bruce Pearson, in one of his first major roles, which earned him the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actor. Fine in self-wrappers with the business card of a publisher's representative laid in. In a custom clamshell box.
179. -. Same title, the screenplay by Harris. NY: Maurice Rosenfield, 1972. Mimeographed sheets, bradbound in embossed black vinyl covers. A near fine copy and, like all mimeographed screenplays, scarce.
180. HARRIS, Mark. A Ticket for a Seamstitch. NY: Knopf, 1957. The third of his acclaimed Henry Wiggen baseball novels (along with Bang the Drum Slowly and The Southpaw). Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
181. HARRIS, Mark. Something About a Soldier. NY: Macmillan (1957). Near fine in a spine-faded and price-clipped dust jacket; about near fine.
182. -. Same title, the first British edition. (London): Andre Deutsch (1958). Initials stamped on front flyleaf; else fine in a near fine dust jacket. An attractive copy of an uncommon edition.
183. HARRIS, Mark. Wake Up, Stupid. NY: Knopf, 1959. A paperback original issued by Knopf during a period when they were experimenting with original publication of literary works in paperback form, a short-lived experiment. Slight rubbing; near fine in wrappers.
184. -. Same title, the third printing and first hardcover printing. Paperclip impression on the board and flyleaf from a gift card; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest wear at the spine extremities.
185. -. Same title, the first British edition. (London): Deutsch (1960). The introductory blurb has been changed for this edition. Offsetting to endpages and a bit of edge-sunning to cloth; near fine in a very good, spine-darkened dust jacket with a small, internally tape-mended chip at the base of the spine affecting the publisher's name.
186. HARRIS, Mark. Friedman & Son. NY: Macmillan (1963). A play, with a 58-page autobiographical preface. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "For ____ ____,/ colleague at Bread Loaf -/ with good wishes." Faint foxing to top edge; else fine in a lightly spine-faded dust jacket with a couple small corner chips; still about near fine.
187. HARRIS, Mark. Mark the Glove Boy or, The Last Days of Richard Nixon. NY: Macmillan (1964). An account of the political demise of Nixon, which was published shortly after the assassination of JFK -- an event that changed the entire tenor of the work and gave it a new and more chilling context. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with trace rubbing at the spine extremities.
188. HARRIS, Mark. Twentyone Twice: A Journal. Boston: Little Brown (1966). The author's journal of his time in Africa to report on the Peace Corps, as well as his encounter with the U.S. security system as he was being investigated and evaluated prior to going to Africa. Owner name front flyleaf and front flap; else fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
189. HARRIS, Mark. The Goy. NY: Dial, 1970. A tiny spot of ink on the front flyleaf, offset from a stamp on the front flap; else fine in a very good, dust-soiled white jacket with light edge wear.
190. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Spine-creasing, faint edge-sunning; near fine in tall wrappers.
191. HARRIS, Mark. Killing Everybody. NY: Dial, 1973. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one internally tape-mended edge tear and slight cover wear.
192. HARRIS, Mark. Best Father Ever Invented. NY: Dial, 1976. His autobiography. Fine in a near fine dust jacket creased on the front flap.
193. HARRIS, Mark. Henry Wiggen's Books. (NY): Avon Books (1977). Paperback, the first combined edition of The Southpaw, Bang the Drum Slowly and A Ticket for a Seamstitch. Faint spine-creasing; else fine in wrappers.
194. HARRIS, Mark. It Looked Like For Ever. NY: McGraw-Hill (1979). A review copy of the fourth Henry Wiggen book. Fine in a fine dust jacket with publisher's promotional material and author photo laid in.
195. HARRIS, Mark. Short Work of It: Selected Writing. (Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press (1979). Essays spanning nearly thirty years. One of his less common books, having been published by a university press that probably did a small first printing, by trade publisher standards, and geared most of its sales toward the library market. Fine in a slightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket.
196. HARRIS, Mark. Saul Bellow: Drumlin Woodchuck. Athens: University of Georgia Press (1980). An account of Harris's attempts, over the course of 20 years, to become Saul Bellow's official biographer, and a portrait of Bellow that emerges from the process. Text bound upside down; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.
197. HARRIS, Mark. Lying in Bed. NY: McGraw-Hill (1984). A novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
198. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
199. (HARRIS, Mark). BOSWELL, James. Boswell Distilled. NY: McGraw-Hill (1981). The uncorrected proof copy of the book that was eventually published with the title The Heart of Boswell, consisting of excerpts from the journals of Samuel Johnson's biographer, edited and introduced by Harris. Fine in wrappers.
200. (HARRIS, Mark). WETZEL, Donald. The Lost Skiff. Sag Harbor: Second Chance Press (1985). A reissue, introduced by Harris. This is the hardcover issue. Corner bump; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
201. HARRISON, Jim. Outlyer and Ghazals. NY: Simon & Schuster (1971). The hardcover issue of Harrison's third collection of poetry, and his scarcest trade edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
202. HART, Moss. Act One. (n.p.): (n.p.) (1959). A piracy of Hart's acclaimed autobiography. Owner name; else a fine copy in a very good, dampstained dust jacket with one edge chip. Attractively (and interestingly) bound for a piracy, with a silk ribbon marker bound in.
203. HARUF, Kent. Plainsong. NY: Knopf, 1999. The author's highly praised third novel, a National Book Award nominee. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
204. HEANEY, Seamus. Stations. (Belfast): Ulsterman Publications (1975). A small pamphlet, and a fairly early title by the Irish Nobel Prize winner. A bit sunned; near fine in stapled wrappers.
205. HEANEY, Seamus. The Place of Writing. Atlanta: Scholars Press (1989). Essays on writing, which inaugurated the Richard Ellman Lectures in Modern Literature at Emory University. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
206. HEANEY, Seamus. Beowulf. NY: FSG (2000). The first American edition of Heaney's translation, which received substantial critical acclaim and became a surprise bestseller, both in the U.K. and in the U.S., going into a number of printings shortly after publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a bit of a crimp at the spine base. With a Whitbread Award label on the front panel.
207. HEDGES, Peter. An Ocean in Iowa. NY: Hyperion (1998). The second novel by the author of What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
208. HEGI, Ursula. The Vision of Emma Blau. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.) Bound photocopied typescript of the most recent novel by the author of Stones From the River, among others. Critical consensus has been that this is her most ambitious novel, with many saying it is her best. 8 1/2" x 11"; double-sided; double-spaced. 567 pages tapebound in cardstock covers, with the original title, Language of the House, crossed out and replaced. Fine. A very early state of the novel, with no publisher's imprint, and thus preceding bound proofs, etc.
209. HELLER, Joseph. Now and Then. From Coney Island to Here. NY: Knopf, 1998. The uncorrected proof copy of the well-received memoir of the author of Catch-22, Something Happened, and others. This is the first state, in plain wrappers. Fine.
210. -. Same title, the third state proof with a black and white pictorial cover. One page has a small corner tear; else fine in wrappers, with promotional material stapled inside the front cover.
211. HELPRIN, Mark. Autograph Postcard Signed. July 26, 1995. A brief note agreeing to sign a copy of Memoir from Antproof Case, if sent in care of his publisher. The postcard picture is a Van Lint painting. A couple edge nicks from mailing; else fine.
212. HELPRIN, Mark. Autograph Postcard Signed. September 12, 1995. A brief note saying he doesn't recall having signed a copy of his book, and if one does not arrive, he will send another. The postcard picture is the same Van Lint painting as above. Several surface tears to the card; one affecting the "Sincerely" in Helprin's sign off. Near fine.
213. HERSEY, John. Into the Valley. NY, Knopf, 1943. His second book which, like his first, was a wartime book and subject to the production restrictions in effect during those years and thus quite fragile, made using cheap paper, etc. Inscribed by the author in 1965 with a quote from the book: "For ____ ____:/ 'Drink a toast to Company H,'/ (see p. 138)/ John Hersey." The sentiment is a line from the book's last paragraph. The book bears the thin black edge line of a previous dust jacket protector; near fine in a very good dust jacket with modest edge wear and three small tape repairs, two internal and one external.
214. HIAASEN, Carl. Autograph Postcard Signed. June 28 (1995). Agreeing to sign a book. Postal markings and a scrape that affects one letter; near fine.
215. HILLERMAN, Tony. The Blessing Way. NY: Harper & Row (1970). His first book, which introduced Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo tribal police 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 his third novel, Dance Hall of the Dead, 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. Inscribed by the author. A fine copy in a very slightly spine-faded dust jacket with modest wear at the crown and a bit of rubbing on the front spine fold; about near fine. A nice copy of an important first book.
216. HILLERMAN, Tony. Typescript of Canyon de Chelly. 1987, 1998. The original manuscript of this essay as it was submitted to the publisher for production of a limited edition. Photocopied typescript, 26 pages, with the author's holograph corrections. The text is copyright 1987. Together with a typed letter signed by Hillerman from July of 1998, detailing errors found in the proofs; with envelope. Also together with a signature page signed by the illustrator, Ernest Franklin. All elements fine. Manuscript material by Hillerman, one of the most collected of contemporary mystery writers and also one of the most collected writers of Southwestern regional literature, is very uncommon and is seldom offered on the market.
217. -. Same title, the published limited edition. California: Cahill, 1998. Illustrated with drawings by Ernest Franklin. Of a total edition of 200 copies, this is one of 174 numbered copies signed by the author (and not Franklin). Fine in slipcase, without dust jacket, as issued.
218. HORNBY, Nick. About a Boy. London: Gollancz (1998). The third novel by the author of High Fidelity, which was recently made into a well-received movie. Signed by the author on the day of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
219. -. Same title. NY: Riverhead, 1998. The advance reading copy of the American edition. Fine in wrappers.
220. HORNSBY, Wendy. 77th Street Requiem. (NY): Dutton (1995). A Maggie MacGowen mystery, by an Edgar Award-winning author. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.