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131. HAMMETT, Dashiell. Autograph. Undated. Rare full signature, "Dashiell Hammett." Most of Hammett's writings are signed "Dash" or "DSH." Full signatures are uncommon. Nicely matted and framed.
132. 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". Although not called for, this copy is signed by the author. Very faint edge creasing; else fine.
133. HARRISON, Jim. Night Dharma. (n.p.): Copper Canyon Press, Year of the Horse. A broadside poem, celebrating the Lannan Foundation Readings and Conversations series. Harrison gave a talk in the series in February 2002; in 2000, the Lannan Foundation provided a grant to Copper Canyon Press in support of their literary publishing efforts. 7 1/2" x 15". Although not called for, this copy is signed by Harrison. Fine.
134. (HARRISON, Jim). Who's Writing This? (Hopewell): Ecco Press (1995). A collection of original prose self-portraits, accompanied by self-caricatures, by Harrison, Updike, Bowles, Butler, Fowles, Leonard, Michener, Oates, Salter, Smiley and many others. Signed by Harrison at his contribution, "Squaw Gulch." Also signed by Ray Blount, Jr., and Scott Turow. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small nick at the lower front spine fold.
135. HEANEY, Seamus. North. NY: Oxford University Press, 1976. The first American edition. Inscribed by the author to the former President of Dartmouth College ("a bit north of Boston") in 1993. Rear pastedown nicked; still fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A very nice copy, and uncommon signed.
136. HEANEY, Seamus. Field Work. NY: FSG (1979). The first American edition of this collection of poetry by the Irish Nobel Prize winner. Warmly inscribed by the author in 1987. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with one tiny corner tear and another corner internally tape-strengthened.
137. HEANEY, Seamus. Selected Poems, 1965-1975. London: Faber & Faber (1980). A selection by the author of poems from his previous four collections. This is the scarce hardcover issue, variously reported as having been 500 or 750 copies, most of which were earmarked for libraries, as the book was primarily published in a mass market format. Fine in a fine, second issue dust jacket, with a £4.95 price.
138. HEANEY, Seamus. Preoccupations. NY: FSG (1980). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a tiny spot at the upper edge of the front panel. A very nice copy, and very uncommon signed.
139. HEANEY, Seamus. Sweeney Astray. NY: FSG (1984). The first American edition of this adaptation by Heaney of a medieval Irish tale. Inscribed by Heaney ("from Heaney, astray") in 1987, and also signed with his name in Gaelic. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Exceedingly scarce thus.
140. HEANEY, Seamus. Station Island. NY: FSG (1985). Second printing. Inscribed by the author in 1987. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
141. HEANEY, Seamus. The Haw Lantern. NY: FSG (1987). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "A lantern for a leading light." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a slight crease on the front flap. In custom slipcase.
142. HEANEY, Seamus. The Government of the Tongue. NY: FSG (1989). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
143. 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. Inscribed by the author "in the place of honouring -- Commencement at Dartmouth" in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An uncommon book, done by a small press for Emory University.
144. HEANEY, Seamus. Selected Poems, 1966-1987. NY: FSG (1990). A landmark collection by the Nobel Prize winner. This is the first American edition. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
145. -. Same title, fourth printing (1995). Inscribed by the author ("we wished you'd been here") in 1996. Fine in a fine dust jacket with Nobel Prize sticker on front panel.
146. HEANEY, Seamus. The Cure at Troy. NY: Noonday/FSG (1991). The first American edition of this play in verse, an adaptation of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
147. HEANEY, Seamus. Seeing Things. NY: FSG (1991). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
148. HEANEY, Seamus and GIESE, Rachel. Sweeney's Flight. (London): Faber and Faber (1992). A revised text of Sweeney Astray, with photographs by Giese. Signed by the author in 1993. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket.
149. HEANEY, Seamus. Dylan the Durable? On Dylan Thomas. (Hoosick Falls): Bennington College, 1992. A lecture delivered at Bennington College. One of 1000 numbered copies. Although not called for, this copy has been signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. An uncommon book, rare signed.
150. HEANEY, Seamus. The Spirit Level. NY: FSG (1996). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To ___ ____/ who keeps that/ level high/ with admiration/ Seamus Heaney/ 14 May 1996." A nicely personalized inscription. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
151. HEANEY, Seamus. The Midnight Verdict. (Loughcrew): Gallery Press (2000). The first paperback edition of translations that were first published in 1993. Fine in wrappers.
152. HEARN, Lian. Across the Nightingale Floor. (London): Macmillan (2002). The advance reading copy ("Advance Proof Copy" stated on front wrapper) of the first volume of a trilogy and the first book of fiction ever published simultaneously on Macmillan's adult's and children's lists. Dirt-scuffed foredge; near fine in wrappers, with publisher's promotional sheet laid in. Together with the limited advance reading copy ("Exclusive Limited Edition Proof Copy"), one of 100 numbered copies. A well-received fantasy, that has received much "buzz" in both the publishing and collecting communities. Fine in wrappers. The two:
153. HELLMAN, Lillian. Pentimento. Boston: Little Brown (1973). The second volume, of three, of Hellman's memoirs. One chapter, "Julia," was the basis for the 1978 movie of the same name, which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning three. This is a special signed edition reserved for friends of the author and publisher. Signed by the author on a tipped-in colophon. Slight spine slant and sunning to spine cloth; near fine, without dust jacket (as issued?).
154. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Collected Poems of Ernest Hemingway. (n.p.): Library of Living Poetry (n.d.)[c. 1950s]. A pirated edition of Hemingway's poetry from the 1920s, issued as Number One of The Library of Living Poetry and including his ten poems from Three Stories and Ten Poems as well as eight others from 1922-1929. This is Hanneman A26b, in a smaller format than the first such pirated edition, and earlier than the more common edition published in San Francisco in 1960. Spine-tanned; near fine in stapled wrappers.
155. 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 Howard Hawks movie with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Spine slant; near fine in a dust jacket restored at the spine ends and corners.
156. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Moveable Feast. NY: Scribner (1964). A posthumously published account of Hemingway's times in Paris in the Twenties. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with second price inked in on front flap.
157. (HEMINGWAY, Ernest). "About Marlene Dietrich" in Marlene Dietrich, Playbill Vol. 5, No. 10. NY: Metromedia, 1968. Five paragraphs, spanning two pages, in the Playbill for the production of "Marlene Dietrich" at the Mark Hellinger Theatre; in part: "...the happiest time I have is when I have written something that I am sure is good and she reads it and likes it... For I think she knows more about love than anyone." Hemingway and Dietrich were close friends (he called her "the Kraut") and this is an unusual and little-known appearance of Hemingway's writing. Edges sunned; near fine in stapled wrappers.
158. HERR, Michael, HASFORD, Gustav, KUBRICK, Stanley. Full Metal Jacket. NY: Knopf, 1987. The published screenplay of Kubrick's film based on Hasford's The Short-Timers. Introduction by Michael Herr. Kubrick, Herr and Hasford were given joint credit for the screenplay. This copy is inscribed by Herr. Fine in wrappers. In our experience, books signed by Herr, the author of the Vietnam war classic Dispatches, are very uncommon.
159. HILLERMAN, Tony. Hillerman Country. (NY): HarperCollins (1991). Text by Tony Hillerman; photographs by his brother Barney Hillerman. Small folio bound in reddish-brown cloth stamped in silver, issued without dust jacket in a gray cloth slipcase. According to our information, this was intended to be part of a signed limited edition of this book, but the edition was canceled and only a few copies were done, which were given to the author or to people within the publishing house -- i.e., this edition was never offered for sale. This copy is inscribed by Hillerman on the half-title. Fine in a fine slipcase.
160. (HILLERMAN, Tony). Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map & Guide. Mancos: Time Traveler Maps, (1998/1999). Fold out map: approximately 5" x 10" folding out to 24" x 36". Full color; double-sided. One side maps locations of Hillerman's novels; the other side provides the legends. The first edition features locations and descriptions for 13 Hillerman novels; this, the second issue, includes a 14th novel, Hunting Badger, tipped in in 1999. A second edition was issued in 2003. Featuring an introduction by Hillerman and, although not called for, this copy is signed by the author. Fine.
161. HOMES, A.M. Jack. NY: Macmillan (1989). The first book by the author of In the Country of Mothers and The Safety of Objects, among others. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
162. HUGO, Richard. What Thou Lovest Well, Remains American. NY: Norton (1975). A collection of poems of the American West, by a Montana poet whose poetry was twice nominated for the National Book Award (including this title), and who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in two different genres -- fiction and poetry. Hugo also became editor of the prestigious Yale Younger Poets series a few years after this book was published. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with edge-sunning on the flaps and a 1976 Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize label on the front panel. Photocopied author bio laid in.
163. HUGO, Richard. 31 Letters and 13 Dreams. NY: Norton (1977). Fine in a near fine dust jacket bumped at the base of spine.
164. HUGO, Richard. The Triggering Town. NY: Norton (1979). Lectures and essays on poetry and writing. In addition to his renown and accomplishment as a poet, Hugo was influential as the heart of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Montana, which brought together such young writers as James Lee Burke, James Crumley, William Kittredge, and graduated such writers as James Welch and Rick DeMarinis, among many others. Fine in a very near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket.
165. HUGO, Richard. Selected Poems. NY: Norton (1979). The very uncommon hardcover issue of this selection by the author of poetry from his previously published books. Bump to spine base; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.
166. HUGO, Richard. White Center. NY: Norton (1980). A collection of poems. Ripple on rear pastedown (binding flaw) otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket.
167. HUGO, Richard. The Right Madness on Skye. NY: Norton (1980). A review copy, with review slip and promotional photo laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.