London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First Edition. The author's first novel, the story of a reluctant smuggler who betrays his colleagues and the aftermath of his betrayal. Basis for the 1947 adventure film directed by Bernard Knowles, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Attenborough. Wobbe A2.a; Hubin, p.175. First Impression, one..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 200 numbered sets specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.137. Two octavo volumes (24cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and yellow and royal blue cloth backstrips, with title labels mounted to spines; publishers original acetate dustjackets;..... More
Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1921. First Edition. Handsome edition of of The Golden Fleece and Other Tales of Ancient Greece, with wrappers and text exquisitely illustrated by Edmond Dulac. One of 1300 numbered copies, this being copy no.90. Quarto (30cm); publisher's original illustrated wrappers; [ii],123,[7], with 14pp of mounted..... More
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, Oxford, and Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1928. First Edition (American Binding). The Imagist poet's second published novel, a fantasy of sorts set in Hellenistic Greece, a generation after Alexander the Great. Boughn A10a.i. One of 520 copies..... More
New York: Oliphant Press, 1975. First Edition. First book by the Jersey City poet and spoken word artist, a slim collection of verse written under the name "Juan" Hamill. OCLC notes 4 holdings (SUNY Buffalo, LC, Amherst Coll., Univ. Utah), with an additional copy held with her archive at Cornell..... More
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896 [but 1895]. First Edition. Attractive copy of Hardy's last completed novel, centered around Jude Fawley, a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. Purdy, pp.86-91. First Impression, mixed state, with gatherings A-B, D, and F showing partially-blank pages unnumbered, and gatherings C, E, G-H..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1976. First Edition. Harrison's third novel, basis for Bruno Barreto's 1996 film Carried Away, starring Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving, and AMy Locane. Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's..... More
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1991. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (23.5cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in bronze on spine, and the author's caricature embossed on front cover; dustjacket; xiv,318,[4]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $24.95). Substantial collection of essays and non-fiction pieces written over..... More
Fremont, MI: Sumac Press, 1973. First Edition. Harrison's fifth collection of poetry. Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's. Drawn by the prospect of adventure, solitude, and good fishing, they, along with Tom McGuane..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1968. First Edition. Harrison's second collection of poems, chiefly concerning the natural world. Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's. Drawn by the prospect of adventure, solitude, and..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (23.5cm); glossy card wrappers; [10],11-64pp. Light wear and some subtle yellowing to wrapper extremities, with a touch of dustiness, and a faint crease and tiny stain to rear wrapper; contents clean; Very Good+. Harrison's fourth collection of..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1965. First Edition. Harrison's first book, published simultaneously in cloth and in wrappers. Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's. Drawn by the prospect of adventure, solitude, and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc. / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. First Edition. Harrison's fifth novel. Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's. Drawn by the prospect of adventure, solitude, and good fishing, they, along with..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Harrison's first novel, narrated by the protagonist from the Huron Mountains of upper Michigan. "Thirty-three years old, he is in the woods to escape, however briefly, a self-corrupted world for which his contempt mounts with each new experience of it. He is..... More
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2005. First Edition. Wrappered Issue, one of 650 copies. Small quarto (25.75cm); letterpress printed sheets, hand-sewn into pictorial card wrappers; [28]pp; illus. While not called for, this copy has been signed by the illustrator on the title page. Tiny crease to upper right corner of front..... More
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1982. First Edition. Substantial collection of verse written over the course of two decades, including selections from Plain Song, Locations, Outlyer, Letters to Yesenin, Returning to Earth, as well as a selection of new poetry. Provenance: While not marked in any way, this..... More
New York: Ecco Press, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo; burgundy paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; 88pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. Winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1921. First Sterrett-Illustrated Edition. An exquisitely-produced illustrated edition of Hawthorne's 1853 sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, a re-writing of six Greek myths for children. A well-preserved copy with the original box - an uncommon survival. Clark A22.24. Large paper issue. Quarto (28.5cm);..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980. First American Edition. First Printing, a review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (21.5cm); rust-colored paper-covered boards, titled and blocked in black and gilt on spine and front panel; [16],17-224,[2]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, with previous owners name discreetly written..... More
Derry: Field Day Theatre Company Limited, 1983. First Edition. First Impression, cloth issue, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (23.75cm); greyish-white rexine cloth boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii,77,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated August, 1993. Fine..... More
New York: The Dead Language Press, 1962. First Edition. Early volume produced by Heliczer's Dead Language Press, collecting for the first time six poems which first appeared in publications in Paris and the UK. With an afterword by Anselm Hollo. Scarce. Square 12mo; brown letterpress printed sheets stapled into illustrated..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Collection containing Hemingway's only full-length play, and a substantial number of his finest short stories, including "The Killers," "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," "Fifty Grand," and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Grissom A.16.1.a; Hanneman A16a. First Printing, one of 5,350 copies..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. The author's second work of non-fiction, an account of a month-long safari he took in East Africa with his wife Pauline in December of 1933. An attractive copy, and a decidedly more interesting dustjacket design than that of the first British edition. Hannemann A39.c. Later impression..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. A superlative copy of Hemingway's classic novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and generally considered the catalyst for Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize. Basis for the 1958 John Sturges film starring Specer Tracy. Grissom A.24.1.a; Hanneman A45a. First..... More
Fort Lauderdale, FL: S.i., 1984. First Edition. Self-published draft of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's play, set in Hemingway's home in Cuba during the 1950's. In addition to working for South Florida's Sun Sentinel, de Groot was also a member of the award-winning team that covered the Kent State shootings in..... More