HELLER, Joseph

We Bombed in New Haven

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Heller's second book, a play. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustwrapper folded with the spine slightly offcenter .

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Book number: 007825

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Keywords: Theater, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts Modern Firsts Plays Literature: American Modern First Editions

HELPRIN, Mark

A Dove of the East and Other Stories

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Helprin's first book, a collection of stories. He later went on to write A WINTER'S TALE and to serve as a foreign policy advisor and speechwriter to presidential candidate Bob Dole. Mild soiling to covers and slight foxing to bulked edges of text. Near Fine in an about Fine dustwrapper with two miniscule nicks .

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Book number: 008702

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, First Book, Short Stories First Book Short Stories Literature: American Modern First Editions

HEMINGWAY, Ernest

Death in the Afternoon

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. A much later printing but in the same format as the original. Illustrated with a color frontispiece by Juan Gris and black-and-white photographs by Vandel and Rodero. Hemingway's great work on bullfighting. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper which has the same illustration on the front as the original but is black rather than yellow and has a photograph of Hemingway on the rear .

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Book number: 019834

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Keywords: Bullfighting, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Ernest Hemingway Modern First Editions Bullfighting Literature: American Ernest Hemingway

HERSEY, John

Hiroshima

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Revised Edition. wraps. Uncorrected proof in printed red wraps of this classic by Hersey, here printed with the final chapter for the first time. Promotional slip stapled to inside front cover. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019075

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Uncorrected Proof, Atomic Bomb Modern First Editions Nonfiction Uncorrected Proof Literature: American

HESSE, Herman

Piktor's Verwandlungen. Ein Märchen

(Berlin & Frankfurt), (Im Suhrkamp Verlag), (1954). Facsimile Edition. Wraps. Plain brown wraps with separate 4-page brochure of text, both housed in a paper clamshell box with a printed label on the front cover and spine. Facsimile of the manuscript with reproductions of the 8 watercolors that Hesse made for his wife in 1922. With a new afterword by Hesse. Fine in a Very Good case .

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Book number: 019672

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Nobel Prize, Herman Hesse, Modern Firsts, Illustrated Books, Facsimiles, Facsimile Modern First Editions Illustrated Books Facsimiles German Literature

HESSE, Herman

Siddhartha. Eine Indische Dichtung

Berlin, S. Fischer, 1922. First Edition. Wraps. Thin octavo (5-3/4" x 8-3/4") bound in recent full rust morocco with gilt lettering on the front cover and on the spine label, retaining the publisher's heavy tan wraps with brown lettering on the front cover and blank on the rear; [1-8], 9-146, [-147], [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads]. The true First Edition with the text in German of one of this Nobel Prize winner's two famous and important novels, the other being of course STEPPENWOLF. Hesse based this book on the early life of Gautama Buddha. The story of a son rebelling against his father's teaching and traditions and eventually finding true enlightenment resonated with those maturing in the 1960s and 1970s making this title something of a cult classic. It was made into a beautiful film in 1972 by Conrad Rooks. A Fine, bright copy beautifully bound .

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Book number: 018007

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Keywords: High Spots, Film Fiction, Nobel Prize, Movie Fiction, Herman Hesse, Modern Firsts, Buddhism Modern First Editions Movie Fiction High Spot German Literature

HEYEN, William

The Mower

1970. First Edition. Printed wraps. Printed wraps. A poem, with six drafts reproduced, from his first book published the same year. A fine copy, though folded, of the dustwrapper for that book, DEPTH OF FIELD, is inserted. Fine in Brockport Writers Forum envelope .

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Book number: 006106

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Keywords: First Book, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, 20th Century American Literature, Modern Poetry Modern Poetry Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book

HIJUELOS, Oscar

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

[New York], Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989). First Edition. Wraps. Advance Review Copy in pictorial wraps of this winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Fine .

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Book number: 002773

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Pulitzer Prize, Advance Review Copy Literature: American Pulitzer Prize Advance Review Copy Latin-American Literature

HILLERMAN, Tony

Skinwalkers

New York, Harper & Row, (1986). First Edition. Wraps. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps. Crease to lower rear cover; foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine .

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Book number: 001149

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Keywords: Literary Firsts, Mystery, Modern First Editions, Detective Fiction, Modern Firsts, Southwest, Advance Review Copy Detective Fiction Modern First Editions Advance Review Copy Literature: American

HILLERMAN, Tony

Talking God

New York, Harper & Row, (1989). First Edition. Wraps. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps. Very slight spotting to bulked text edges. About Fine .

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Book number: 001640

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Keywords: Literary Firsts, Mystery, Modern First Editions, Detective Fiction, Modern Firsts, Southwest, Advance Review Copy Modern First Editions Literature: American Advance Review Copy Detective Fiction

HILLIS, Rick

Limbo River

[Pittsburgh], University of Pittsburgh, 1990. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof in dark yellow wraps. Author's first collection of short stories, winner of the Drue Heinz Prize chosen by Russell Banks. Signature of reviewer on half title page; light soiling. Near Fine .

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Book number: 005133

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Keywords: Uncorrected Proof, Short Stories, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions First Book Uncorrected Proof Literature: American

HOAGLAND, Edward

African Calliope. A Journey to the Sudan

New York, Random House, (1979). First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof in red wraps. Publisher's information sheet laid in. Publisher's sticker on front cover and author's name in ink on spine. Fine .

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Book number: 019089

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Essays, Uncorrected Proof, Africa, Travel, Environmental LIterature, Modern First Editions Literature: American Travel Uncorrected Proof Africa

HOAGLAND, Edward

Cat Man

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Attractive copy of the author's first book, a novel about the circus, winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Near Fine in a Very Good, typically rubbed dustwrapper with light edgewear .

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Book number: 003059

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions First Book Literature: American

HOAGLAND, Edward

The Circle Home

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, (1960). First Edition. Cloth. Hoagland's second book, a novel. Two different paper stocks were used in the production of this book; consequently, variation of the shading of the signatures is apparent when looking at the edges of the book. Top edge a little dusty. Near Fine in a rubbed, Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 015626

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts Fiction Literature: American

HOAGLAND, Edward

The Circle Home

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Hoagland's second book, a novel. Two different paper stocks were used in the production of this book; consequently, variation of the shading of the signatures is apparent when looking at the edges of the book. Top edge a little dusty. Near Fine in a lightly worn Very Good dustwrapper with a small chip at the base of the spine .

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Book number: 005479

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Modern Firsts Literature: American