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162. HALL, Brian. The Saskiad. NY/Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1997). Uncorrected proof copy of the author's highly praised second novel, a coming-of-age story of a young girl, and also a backlong view of the excesses of the 1960s. Fine in wrappers.
163. HARRISON, Jim. Locations. NY: Norton (1968). Harrison's second collection of poetry, which precedes his first novel by two years. This is the hardcover issue; there was a simultaneous paperback. This copy has a small gutter nick to both the book and the jacket; overall near fine.
164. HARRISON, Jim. Outlyer and Ghazals. NY: Simon & Schuster (1971). The uncorrected proof copy of his third collection of poetry, which is the scarcest of his trade editions. This is a very near fine copy of this thin, fragile "pad-bound" proof-an extremely perishable format. Scarce.
165. HARRISON, Jim. Sergei Yesenin 1895-1925. (n.p.): Sumac Press (n.d.) (c. 1971). Cardstock broadside poem, 6" x 9", memorializing Yesenin. This is the first poem in Harrison's collection Letters to Yesenin. One of 33 copies, signed by the author. A rare Harrison "A" item. Fine.
166. HASSLER, Jon. The Dean's List. NY: Ballantine Books (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of this novel by the author Staggerford, Simon's Night and others. This title is a sequel to his bestselling Rookery Blues. Fine in wrappers with dust jacket laid in.
167. HAWKES, John. An Irish Eye. (n.p.): Viking (1997). The advance reading copy of his latest book, a short novel. Fine in wrappers.
168. HEGLAND, Jean. Into the Forest. NY: Bantam (1997). The advance reading copy of the first Bantam edition of her second book, first novel, a coming-of-age novel that gained word-of-mouth success when first published by a small press in 1996 and was recently republished by Bantam. Fine in wrappers.
169. HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Heller's first book, a humorous novel of World War II and military life whose title has become a part of the language, signifying a contradictory set of instructions or constraints. This book was both the basis for a well-received movie and also one of the novels that helped define the ethos of the 1960s-funny, irreverent, and critical of established authority and bureaucracy. Mottling to cloth, thus very good in a very good dust jacket with moderate edgewear that has been internally tape-repaired.
170. (HEMINGWAY, Ernest). The Only Thing That Counts. (n.p.): Scribner (1996). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of the correspondence between Hemingway and Max Perkins, 1925-1947, edited by Matthew Bruccoli. Fine in wrappers.
171. HEMPEL, Amy. Tumble Home. (n.p.): Scribner (1997). The advance reading copy of her third story collection. Fine in wrappers.
172. HIGHWATER, Jamake. Kill Hole. NY: Grove Press (1992). The advance reading copy of this novel, which continues with the character of Sitko Ghost Horse from his earlier young adult sequence, but which is not aimed at a young adult audience; it is rather an autobiographical novel exploring issues of ethnicity and identity which have dogged Highwater both personally and publicly. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
173. HOCHMAN, Sandra. Manhattan Pastures. (New Haven): Yale University Press (1963). Her first book, a volume in the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
174. HOCHMAN, Sandra. The Vaudeville Marriage. NY: Viking Press (1966). Her third poetry collection. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edgewear.
175. HOEG, Peter. Smilla's Sense of Snow. NY: FSG (1993). The first American edition of this Danish writer's first novel to be published in English, a surprise bestseller and basis for a recent film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
176. HOFFMAN, Alice. Property Of. NY: FSG (1977). Her highly praised first book, a novel of teenage gangs that is now somewhat scarce. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. As nice a copy as one could hope for.
177. HOFFMAN, Alice. Here on Earth. NY: Putnam (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of her most recent novel. Fine in wrappers.
178. 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 quite scarce in the first printing. Slight bump to upper board; still fine in a fine dust jacket.
179. INEZ, Colette. The Woman Who Loved Worms. Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. Near fine in a spine- and edge-tanned dust jacket, about near fine. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication with the added inscription "Stay Amazed on Planet Earth!"
180. JARRELL, Randall. Autographed Photo. (No date.) Approximately 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Inscribed by the author: "In the beginning/ was the Word, and/ man has made books/ of it./ To ____ ____,/ with all best wishes/ Randall Jarrell." Framed. Fine. Together with a letter of transmittal from Mary Jarrell to the recipient. An attractive portrait.
181. JOHNSON, Denis. Already Dead. (NY): HarperCollins (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of his well-received new novel, a tale of various existential misfits in northern California. Fine in wrappers.
182. JONES, Madison. Nashville 1864. Nashville: J.S. Sanders, 1997. The uncorrected proof copy of this short Civil War novel by a Southern writer who studied with agrarian Donald Davidson and whom Robert Penn Warren called "among the best of his generation." One of Jones's earlier novels, An Exile, was made into the film I Walk the Line, with Gregory Peck. This book perhaps had the misfortune to be issued at approximately the same time as another Civil War novel, Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier, which has been the surprise critical and commercial "hit" of the recent publishing season. Fine in wrappers.
183. JOYCE, James. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. NY: B.W. Huebsch, 1916. The true first edition of Joyce's first novel, preceding its English publication. Portrait established Joyce's reputation as a writer of genius, and it featured Stephen Dedalus, who later became the protagonist of Ulysses. Dampstaining visible on the edges of the pages for approximately the first third of the text, very slight shelfwear; cloth and gilt still quite bright, a very good copy, lacking the rare dust jacket. A very attractive copy of one of the most important first novels of the century.
184. JOYCE, James. Giacomo Joyce. NY: Viking (1968). First publication of this work by Joyce, taken from his notebooks and reproducing in fold-out sheets a number of the manuscript pages. Fine in slipcase.
185. KAWABATA, Yasunari. The Dancing Girl of Izu. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this collection of stories by the first Japanese author to win the Nobel Prize. Fine in wrappers.
186. KELLY, Robert. Flesh Dream Book. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1971. The hardcover issue of this collection of poems; one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in an acetate dust jacket with one tiny chip.
187. KENEALLY, Thomas. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. NY: Viking (1972). A novel by the Australian author of Schindler's List, this book having also been made into a well-received, albeit quite grim, movie. Keneally won the Miles Franklin Award-Australia's highest literary honor-in both 1967 and 1968. Signed by the author in 1992. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
188. KEROUAC, Jack. Visions of Gerard. NY: Farrar Straus (1963). The uncorrected proof copy of this volume in Kerouac's fictionalized autobiography-the Legend of Duluoz Series. 6" x 8" sheets, ringbound in pink cardstock covers. Tape abrasion on rear cover and tape shadow on front cover, partially abraded and slightly affecting the illustration; otherwise this is a fine copy. One of the earliest Kerouac proof copies we have seen offered on the market: aside from the relatively common advance reading copy of Kerouac's first book, The Town and the City, we know of only two earlier proofs appearing for sale-the printer's proof of On the Road and an advance copy of Dr. Sax.
189. KEROUAC, Jack. Some of the Dharma. (n.p.): Viking (1997). The advance reading copy of this newly published collection of Kerouac's writings, most of them relating to Buddhism. Fine in wrappers.
190. (KESEY, Ken). Genesis West 5, Vol. 2, No. 1. (Burlingame): (Chrysalis West) (1963). An issue celebrating Kesey, but also with fiction by Donald Barthelme, LeRoi Jones, and Thomas McAfee. This copy is inscribed by Kesey on the front cover. Several marginal markings; very good in wrappers.
191. (KESEY, Ken). LEVON, O.U. Caverns. (NY): Penguin (1990). Collaborative novel written by Kesey and the students in his writing class at the University of Oregon. The "author's" name is an anagram of "U[niversity of] O[regon] Novel." Kesey wrote an introduction and one chapter of the book. His students each wrote a chapter. An iconoclastic project, not surprisingly. Signed by Kesey as "O.U. Levon" and as Kesey and "another dozen." Near fine in wrappers.
192. KIDDER, Tracy. The Soul of a New Machine. NY: Modern Library (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of the Modern Library reissue of his second book, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Kidder spent a year with a design team at Data General, chronicling the process of designing a new minicomputer, and he recounted the tale in lucid, accessible prose which opened up this normally invisible aspect of the contemporary world of high technology and industry to a wide readership. This edition has a new introduction written by Kidder, in which he touches, briefly, on what of this topic remains unchanged since first publication in 1981. Fine in wrappers.
193. KINCAID, Jamaica. At the Bottom of the River. NY: FSG (1983). The highly praised first book, a collection of stories, by this Caribbean author. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
194. KINCAID, Jamaica. Annie John. NY: FSG (1985). Review copy of her second book, first novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
195. KINCAID, Jamaica. My Brother. NY: FSG (1997). The advance reading copy of her latest book, a memoir about her younger brother, who died of AIDS. Fine in wrappers, with several pages of publicity material laid in. Just nominated for the National Book Award.
196. KINGSOLVER, Barbara. The Bean Trees. NY: Harper & Row (1988). An advance review copy of the author's highly praised first novel, which combines a strong sense of place-the Southwest-humor, and an active engagement with contemporary issues of social and political consequence. Fine in a fine dust jacket. One of the more sought-after, and elusive, first books of recent years, and especially uncommon in an advance copy.
197. KINSELLA, W.P. Dance Me Outside. (n.p.) (Canada): (Oberon) (1977). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of Kinsella's first book, a collection of his humorous Indian stories set on the Hobbema Reserve in western Canada. A fine copy.
198. -. Same title, a later printing. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in wrappers. The later printings mention his later titles in the text on the rear cover, otherwise they are indistinguishable from the firsts.
199. KINSELLA, W.P. Scars. (Canada): (Oberon) (1978). His second book, again a collection of Indian stories. A fine copy of the issue in wrappers. The hardcover edition reportedly had a print run numbering in the low hundreds. Inscribed by the author in 1981. Slight rubbing to folds; else fine.
200. KINSELLA, W.P. Born Indian. (Canada): (Oberon) (1981). The hardcover edition of his fourth book, a collection of Indian stories set on the Hobbema Reserve of two of his earlier books. While all of Kinsella's hardcover editions from Oberon are uncommon, this is the title that, other than his first book, seems the scarcest, and the one we have had the fewest times. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A flawless copy of one of his most difficult books; inscribed by the author on the title page.
201. KINSELLA, W.P. The Moccasin Telegraph. Boston: Godine (1984). The first American edition, and the first hardcover edition, of this collection of Kinsella's Indian stories, set on the Ermineskin Reserve and featuring Frank Fencepost and Silas Ermineskin, among others, as recurring characters. Signed by the author. Slight corner bumps; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
202. KINSELLA, W.P. The Thrill of the Grass. (Vancouver): Hoffer, 1984. A baseball story, issued as a limited edition. Of a total edition of 326 copies, this is one of 300 copies in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine.
203. KINSELLA, W.P. Five Stories. (Vancouver): (Hoffer/Tanks) (1986). The trade edition of this collection, published by William Hoffer and with illustrations by Carel Moiseiwitsch. Bumped at base of spine, otherwise fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
204. KINSELLA, W.P. Red Wolf, Red Wolf. Toronto: Collins (1987). A collection of stories, this being the true first (Canadian), which preceded its U.S. publication by several years. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
205. KINSELLA, W.P. Chapter One of a Work in Progress. (Vancouver): William Hoffer (1988). Another William Hoffer production, this being the first chapter of a baseball novel-in-progress at the time. Of a total edition of 326 copies this is one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, the entire hardcover edition. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
206. -. Same title. One of 300 numbered copies in saddle-stitched wrappers, signed by the author. Fine.
207. KINSELLA, W.P. The Thrill of the Grass. Vancouver: New Play Centre (1988). The third book in Kinsella's ouevre with this title, this being a collection of three plays about baseball, each adapted by Kinsella from one of his stories. This was issued as a limited edition (limitation not stated but reported to be around 200 copies) to support the New Play Centre in Vancouver. Large format (8 1/2" x 11") in stapled wrappers. A fine copy. Signed by the author. Likely to be a very scarce edition outside of the area in which it was issued, as this volume had no formal distribution to the book trade.
208. KINSELLA, W.P. and KNIGHT, Ann. Rainbow Warehouse. Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press (1989). A collection of poems by Kinsella and his former wife, which was only issued in wrappers. This is a fine copy, signed by both authors.
209. KINSELLA, W.P. Box Socials. (Toronto): HarperCollins (1991). 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, price-clipped dust jacket and signed by the author.
210. -. Same title, the first American edition (NY: Ballantine Books, 1992). Shallow pen gouge lower page edges; else fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
211. 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 his humorous tales. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
212. (KINSELLA, W.P.). Final Judgement Construction Company Annual Report & Literary Journal. (n.p.): Well-Defended Press, 1990. A spoof on corporate reports, with contributions by a number of Canadian writers including Kinsella, Ann Knight, Spider Robinson (an award-winning science fiction writer) and others. Includes a poem (in Latin, no less) by "Silas Ermineskin," one of the central characters in a number of Kinsella's highly praised Indian stories-presumably a Kinsella alter-ego. Ermineskin's contribution is "signed" by him, somewhat illegibly. Also signed by Kinsella, Knight, Robinson and five others, presumably all the contributors, although the use of pseudonyms on the contributions makes it impossible to determine, from internal evidence alone, if this is the case. Folded sheets, with plain card-stock covers: apparently a home-made production of someone with a copier and a laser printer, and likely to be a scarce Kinsella item down the line. Although the limitation is not stated, and the production methods do not preclude creation of more copies in the future, we are told that there were only 30 copies of this done, and we have not seen others turn up on the market since this first appeared.
213. (KNIGHT, Etheridge). Black Voices from Prison. NY: Pathfinder Press (1970). A collection of work by the inmates of Indiana State Prison, two-thirds of which is by Knight, an African American writer and Korean War vet. Very near fine in wrappers.
214. KUNITZ, Stanley. Passport to the War. NY: Henry Holt (1944). His first volume of poems to make a substantial impact. Kunitz later won the Pulitzer Prize (1959) for his Selected Poems. Bookplate front pastedown; slight wear to the cloth at the corners and extremities, very small spot on foredge; about near fine, without dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in 1980.