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131. HALL, Donald. A Roof of Tiger Lilies. NY: Viking Press (1964). The author's third major collection of poems. His first, Exiles and Marriages, had won the National Book Award and the Lamont Poetry Award. Trace foredge foxing; still fine in a near fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
132. HALL, Donald. Remembering Poets. NY: Harper & Row (1978). Hall's reminiscences of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Dylan Thomas and Robert Frost, a National Book Award finalist. Signed by Hall. Fine in a near fine, spine- and edge-sunned dust jacket with slight wear at the crown.
133. HALL, Donald. Seasons at Eagle Pond. NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. A prose sketch of life through the seasons at the poet's New Hampshire home. An attractively printed and bound volume, with woodcut illustrations by Thomas Nason. Although not called for, this copy is signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase.
134. HALL, Donald. Here at Eagle Pond. NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. Again, an attractive volume of prose with illustrations by Thomas Nason. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase.
135. -. Another copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a mildly edge-sunned slipcase.
136. HARDWICK, Elizabeth. Sleepless Nights. NY: Random House (1979). Highly praised autobiographical novel by a writer who was once married to poet Robert Lowell: their relationship is fictionalized here, viewed in retrospect by an elderly woman in a nursing home. Warmly inscribed by the author and signed "Elizabeth." Spine rolled; front board splayed; about near fine in a near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket.
137. HARRIS, Thomas. Red Dragon. NY: Putnam (1981). The author's second book, and the first to introduce the character Hannibal Lecter, who was featured in The Silence of the Lambs. Red Dragon was the basis for the movie "Manhunter" in 1986 and then for the 2002 film adaptation under the book's original title. Read; cocked; spine-creased; handling evident to page margins; a very good copy in an edge-sunned, price-clipped, near fine dust jacket.
138. HARUF, Kent. Plainsong. NY: Knopf, 1999. The advance reading copy of his third novel, a National Book Award nominee. Fine in wrappers.
139. HAWKES, John. The Cannibal. (NY): (New Directions) (1949). The second printing of his first novel, a story of World War II published in the influential "Direction" series begun by James Laughlin of New Directions, which had published such writers as Nabokov, Pasternak and William Carlos Williams. Inscribed by the author to the President of the University of Iowa and his wife: "For Jim and Sheba Freedman/ all thanks for this Harvard reunion in Iowa City/ and with all admiration/ Jack Hawkes/ April 4, 1983." Trace wear to cloth at crown, else fine in a very good, rubbed dust jacket with tears at the lower spine folds.
140. HAWKES, John. The Goose on the Grave and The Owl. (NY): New Directions (1954). The second issue, in matte black binding; board edges rubbed, else fine in a in a near fine, second issue, price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing at the crown. Signed by the author.
141. HAWKES, John. The Innocent Party. (NY): New Directions (1966). Four plays. Signed by the author. Bookplate front pastedown; slight sunning to top board edges; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with the green on the spine faded to blue.
142. HAWKES, John. The Beetle Leg. (NY): New Directions [c. 1967]. A reissue of his third book, first published in 1951. Inscribed by the author in 1983. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
143. HAWKES, John. The Blood Oranges. (NY): New Directions (1971). Third printing. Inscribed by the author in 1983 at a reunion in Iowa City. Fingerprint on inscription page; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a corner crease on the front flap.
144. HAWKES, John. Travesty. (NY): New Directions (1976). Signed by the author in full on the title page and additionally inscribed by the author as "Jack" on the front flyleaf in 1983. Fine in a very near fine, mildly edge-sunned dust jacket.
145. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Torrents of Spring. NY: Scribner, 1926. A review copy of his first novel, printed in a tiny edition of only 1250 copies. Hemingway began the book while under contract to Boni & Liveright, who had published his first book, the collection of stories In Our Time. Hemingway was dismayed by the lack of commercial success the book had had, blaming it on the publisher's poor promotion and also on the use of blurbs by more famous writers -- most especially Sherwood Anderson, who was then the dean of American letters and Boni & Liveright's bestselling author. Hemingway felt the blurbs were off-putting and hurt, rather than helped, his book. One might also surmise that he chafed under the somewhat condescending implication of the more famous and highly regarded Anderson giving a glowing blurb to the younger, up-and-coming writer. Hemingway was working on The Sun Also Rises at the time and had completed the first draft, but he did not want to take the risk of having it presented poorly to the world and getting lost in the shuffle as his first book had. Although he was under contract to Boni & Liveright for two more books, Hemingway contrived a plan to free himself from the obligation: his contract stated that if Boni rejected one of his books, he would be free to terminate the contract and take his writing elsewhere. As such, he conceived of a short, comic novel which would lampoon Sherwood Anderson's most recent book, Dark Laughter, and which would be unpublishable by Boni, thus freeing Hemingway to go elsewhere. Hemingway wrote The Torrents of Spring in a few short weeks in November, 1925 and submitted it to Boni & Liveright where it was promptly, as he had expected, rejected. It was then that Hemingway moved to Scribner's, beginning his long association with the legendary editor Maxwell Perkins. Although The Torrents of Spring begins as a burlesque of Dark Laughter, it succeeds ultimately as a satire of the American cult of maleness, a subject to which Hemingway was no stranger and which would course through his writings for his entire career. F. Scott Fitzgerald later called The Torrents of Spring "the best comic [novel] ever written by an American." Fine in a near fine, spine-tanned dust jacket with a couple small spots near the base and shallow chipping at the crown.
146. HERR, Michael and PEELLAERT, Guy. The Big Room. NY: Summit Books (1986). Peellaert's portraits of entertainers and bigwigs who have played "the big room" either in Vegas or metaphorically in the world at large, each accompanied by dramatic and compelling verbal portraits by Herr. Peellaert created the book Rock Dreams -- like this, a visual extravaganza. Herr wrote Dispatches, which is widely considered the best book to come out of the Vietnam war -- a pull-no-punches look at some things many would have preferred not to see. This is the scarce hardcover issue of their collaboration and is inscribed by Herr in 1992. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with slight sunning at the top edge. Books signed by Herr are remarkably uncommon.
147. 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. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
148. ISHERWOOD, Christopher. The Berlin Stories. (NY): New Directions (1945). The first American edition of this collection of two novels by Isherwood, "The Last of Mr. Norris" and "Goodbye to Berlin," the latter of which was the basis for the musical Cabaret. Owner name and date (1947) on flyleaf; small crown bump; still near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.
149. ISHERWOOD, Christopher. All the Conspirators. (NY): New Directions (1958). The first American edition, thirty years after the original edition, issued here with a new introduction by the author. Fine in a near fine, spine-tanned dust jacket with a short tear at the crown.
150. ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. NY: Knopf, 1989. The first American edition of his third book, winner of the Booker Prize. Signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine, mildly edge-sunned jacket.
151. ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The Unconsoled. NY: Knopf, 1995. The first American edition of this novel by the author of the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. This title was short-listed for the Booker. Inscribed by the author. Lower corner bump; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
152. JOHNSON, Denis. Fiskadoro. NY: Knopf, 1985. The author's second novel. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
153. JOHNSON, Denis. The Stars at Noon. NY: Knopf, 1986. His third novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, lightly spine-faded dust jacket.
154. -. Another copy, this being a review copy, with review slip and large publisher's postcard laid in. Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket with a couple short edge tears.
155. JOHNSON, Denis. The Veil. NY: Knopf, 1987. His fourth collection of poetry, and a fairly uncommon title. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.