Hawkins, Paula
Into The Water

Imprint: London, England, Transworld Publishers Ltd., 2017
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 360 pages. The author's second novel. One of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a large first print run as a hardcover original only and on a global basis. Presents Paula Hawkins' "Into The Water". An ambitious, multi-layered, and multi-voiced (eleven narrators by our count; other readers claim even more), with historical echoes to boot. At the very least, Hawkins deserves credit for leveraging her phenomenal success by writing something different and daring that (complacent) readers may find too demanding. "With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world, delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present" (Publisher's blurb). The basis of the Hollywood film adaptation, which bears watching. An absolute "must-have" title for Paula Hawkins collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (three days after publication), and inscribed ("lined") in black pen-marker on the title page by the author: "Again! Again! 5 May 2017 Paula Hawkins". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. The inscription is the opening line of the novel. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed, dated, and inscribed ("lined") copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The book was published simultaneously on a global basis. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant British novelists in the thriller genre of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PAULA HAWKINS AND KATE HAMER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0735211205.

Stock number: 21475. ISBN: 0735211205

$US 50.00

Hazzard, Shirley
The Great Fire

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 278 pages. The author's fourth novel, after a twenty-year hiatus. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Shirley Jazzard's "The Great Fire". Published to enormous critical acclaim, the DJ has blurbs by Michael Cunningham, Joan Didion, and Ann Patchett. "Hazzard is nothing if not discriminating. Hierarchies of feeling, perception, and taste abound in her writing, and this novel takes on the very notion of what it means to be civilized. The fire of the title refers primarily to the atomic bombing of Japan, but also to the possibility of transcendent passion in its aftermath. In 1947, a thirty-two-year-old English war hero visiting Hiroshima during the American Occupation finds himself billeted in a compound overseen by a boorish Australian brigadier and his scheming wife. He is immediately enchanted, however, by the couple's children, who prove to be prisoners in a different sort of conflict. Hazzard's moral refinement is counter-balanced by her bracing conviction that we either build or destroy the world we want to live in with our every word and gesture" (The New Yorker Magazine). A masterpiece. An absolute "must-have" title for Shirley Hazzard collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2003 for "The Great Fire". Winner of the William Howells Medal for Best Novel Published In The Last Five Years. One of the finest novelists of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0374166447.

Stock number: 10220. ISBN: 0374166447

$US 20.00

Heath, Dave (Photographer) & Frank, Robert (Contribution)
A Dialogue With Solitude: The Lumiere Press Edition

Imprint: Toronto, Canada, Lumiere Press, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 100 pages. New And Enlarged Edition of the photographer's classic. One of the greatest photography books of the 20th century. The Revised And Expanded Edition. Published simultaneously with the Deluxe Edition in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The Revised Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Dave Heath and Michael Torosian: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Dave Heath. Letter by the reclusive Robert Frank (a great admirer of the photographer's work), which appears in this edition only. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany using the NovaTone process, an exceptional offset technique that preserves the photographs' brilliant tonal scale, to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Re-presents Dave Heath's "A Dialogue With Solitude". His masterpiece. "In 1961, Dave Heath assembled the photographs that he had been making throughout the 1950's into a poetic sequence. The original plan for the book, as he envisioned it, would be a large format, as big as LIFE Magazine was at the time. When the book was eventually published, it was considerably reduced in size. Using the maquette from 1961 and the set of master prints, the book has been restored to the format of Dave Heath's original design" (Publisher's blurb). Among the handful of great photographers, Dave Heath has been one of the least prolific, an admirable feat in itself, considering that the medium inherently encourages constant picture-taking, seemingly endless repetition, and non-stop proliferation. In addition to his "Korea" Portfolio, the photographs in this collection represent the very best of the photographer's relatively slim but unparalleled output. "Dave Heath has combined the freedom and spontaneity of the small camera approach with a rare formal intensity and precision. His pictures possess stability, simplicity, and tremendous emotional force" (Museum of Modern Art). Dave Heath died on July 1, 2016 at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for Dave Heath collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen-marker on the title page by Dave Heath. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition Thus/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the 1965 First Edition available online and at auction now command between $2500 and $10000. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 82 duotone plates. Dave Heath's "A Dialogue With Solitude" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVE HEATH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0921542119.

Stock number: 22403. ISBN: 0921542119

$US 300.00

Helmer-Petersen, Keld (Photographer); Badger, Gerry; Parr, Martin & Thrane, Finn (Contributors)
Keld Helmer-petersen: Photographs 1941-1995

Imprint: Copenhagen, Denmark, Christian Ejlers Publishers, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 290 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Limited Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Should not be confused with the regular trade edition, which was published simultaneously with it. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Keld Helmer-Petersen, Christian Eljers, and Jonathan Stephenson: Oversize-volume format. The set weighs 10 pounds. Pale gray hard boards with black titles printed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Keld Helmer-Petersen. Essays by Gerry Badger and Finn Thrane. Interview conducted by Martin Parr. Original color print laid-in. Handmade matching cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Copenhagen, Denmark to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Keld Helmer-Petersen's "Photographs 1941-1995". His life's work. Pioneering in his time, they remain vital and crucial today. "In the history of photography, color became an artistically viable medium around the early 1970's, with the emergence of such photographers as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. However, in 1948, the Danish photographer Keld Helmer-Petersen published a book of color photographs that prefigured their work by two decades. His aim was to make the kinds of pictures that could only work in color and not in black-and-white. This is not as easy as it sounds for it requires both paying attention to the issue of color and preventing it from becoming the dominant concern" (Gerry Badger). Since color has been the dominant concern of painters throughout history (Matisse and Warhol come to mind among modern artists), the moralistic concern, such as Badger's, that it could overwhelm an image is precisely what has prevented it from becoming acceptable in photography. It is also the reason Keld Helmer-Petersen is a truly remarkable figure. The images in this book are, quite simply, beautiful: An elegance, rigor, and austerity underlie his work. We label these qualities as "Scandinavian" or "Nordic", which is not false, but is facile. Although his work has been championed by Martin Parr, our most committed colorist, Keld Helmer-Petersen remains an enigmatic figure. He spent some time in the United States, teaching at Chicago's Institute of Design, the foremost exponent of Bauhaus aesthetics in America. As such, he is identified with Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan, and Yasuhiro Ishimoto. What sets his work apart from his great peers is his innate sense of color. There are photographers (such as Daido Moriyama) and film artists (such as Robert Bresson) whose work in color has the look and feel, the honesty and purity of black-and-white. Keld Helmer-Petersen is the exact opposite: His black-and-whites, for he has done them too, vibrate and make you think of color. Keld Helmer-Petersen died on March 6, 2013. An absolute "must-have" title for Keld Helmer-Petersen collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Clamshell Box Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully numbered and signed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by Keld Helmer-Petersen. It comes with an archival original color print that is matted and framed in sturdy, pristine-white boards, also very prominently and beautifully titled, dated, and signed in black pen on verso by the photographer: "Keld Helmer-Petersen Madrid 1983/2007". This title is a great art photography book. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, 1 original color print. Keld Helmer-Petersen's "122 Color Photographs" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". The greatest Danish photographer of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 8772412828.

Stock number: 12802. ISBN: 8772412828

$US 800.00

Hemon, Aleksandar (Editor); Boltshauser, Patrick; Gal, Robert; Revaz, Noelle & Other Contributors
Best European Fiction 2012

Imprint: Champaign, IL, Dalkey Archive Press, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 468 pages. Collection of outstanding contemporary European fiction. The Third Volume in the projected annual "Best European Fiction" Series. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. Edited with an Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon and a Preface by Nicole Krauss. Contributions by various authors. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Volume Three of the Best European Fiction. Introduces a whole new cross-section of European fiction. "The stories, one per country/language, are arranged within themes (love, art, war, the body) to facilitate book club and reading group discussions" (Publisher's blurb). "It is easy to appreciate what Hemon calls 'the depth and width and beauty of human experience' represented here" (The New York Times). An absolute "must-have" title for Aleksandar Hemon and contemporary literature collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Aleksandar Hemon. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It is also very prominently and beautifully signed in pen on their Contributions by Patrick Boltshauser, Robert Gal, and Noelle Revaz ("Noelle Revaz New York, le 5 Mai 2012"). They made rare appearances at the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such multi-signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Some of the world's greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON, NICOLE KRAUSS, ROBERT GAL, AND NOELLE REVAZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1564786803.

Stock number: 17331. ISBN: 1564786803

$US 50.00

Hemon, Aleksandar
Love And Obstacles

Imprint: New York City, NY, Riverhead Books, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 210 pages. The author's second collection of short stories. One of the most important literary events of our time. Advance Signed Copy. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" red sticker pasted on the DJ front cover. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Aleksandar Hemon's "Love And Obstacles". His most autobiographical work in fictional form. "Beautifully twists the English language in this collection of eight powerful and disquieting stories. Arranged chronologically, all but one feature a Hemon-like narrator named Bogdan, first met as a surly teenager during his diplomat father's assignment in Zaire, where he is happily corrupted by a degenerate American espionage agent. In each successive story, Bogdan recalls the surreal and salient experiences of his life: His youth with his ironically depicted family; his early determination to be a poet; his accidental sojourn in America, where he was caught after the commencement of hostilities in Bosnia; and his return to a cesspool of insignificant, drizzly suffering, where he has a transformative night interviewing a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Hemon arranges words like gems in a necklace: A necktie is stretched across the chair seat like a severed tendon; a car is stickered with someone else's thought; a character's teeth are like organ pipes. Writing with steely control and an antic eye, Hemon has assembled another extraordinary work" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Aleksandar Hemon collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Aleksandar Hemon. It signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page or bookplate, even though it comes from the publisher. Hemon signed on top of the page, making his signature even more prominent. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for "Nowhere Man". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2004. Finalist for the National Book Award in 2008 for "The Lazarus Project". One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1594488649.

Stock number: 14623. ISBN: 1594488649

$US 30.00

Hemon, Aleksandar
The Making Of Zombie Wars

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 310 pages. The author's fourth novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" green sticker pasted in front. Presents Aleksandar Hemon's "The Making of The Zombie Wars". His most brilliant novel. "A powerful, masterful work from one of our most significant literary writers, at once madcap and thoughtful, exhilarating and devastating" (The National Post). "Crazy in the best sense of the word, and very few authors could have pulled it off. Even in its most sober moments, it's still essentially absurd. But Hemon is such a brilliant prose stylist, it's impossible not to get pulled in, not just by his sense of humor, but by his startling observations about what makes us human (or something like it) " (Michael Schaub). An absolute "must-have" title for Aleksandar Hemon collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (on the day of the book launch) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Aleksandar Hemon NY, 5/20/15". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and book-launch-day dated copy of the First American Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for "Nowhere Man". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2004. Finalist for the National Book Award in 2008 for "The Lazarus Project". One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374203415.

Stock number: 19770. ISBN: 0374203415

$US 30.00

Henderson, Eleanor
Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel

Imprint: New York City, NY, Ecco Press, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 388 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Eleanor Henderson's "Ten Thousand Saints". A "coming-of-age" novel with a dramatic twist. The twist, which the saintly title alludes to, is that instead of being about sex, drugs, and rock n' roll, it is about no-sex, no-drugs, and hardcore punk, the extreme opposite of American "youth culture" urban subculture. Set in the 1980's at the height of the AIDS crisis, which Henderson vividly evokes, the young characters are members of a burgeoning cult group called Straight Edge (as opposed to cutting-edge), which has thousands of loyal followers who, going against both Nature and Nurture, voluntarily adopt an ascetic, rigidly self-imposed, no-nonsense ban on premarital sex and the use of drugs, but are fanatically devoted to underground punk culture. It's a defiant gesture, not just rebellion but full-fledged rejection of both their elders' and peers' embrace of tolerant, liberal, and secular values that the reader comes to admire grudgingly for its ferocity and purity. "Henderson does not hold back once: She writes the hell out of every moment, every scene, every perspective, every fleeting impression, every impulse, and every desire. She is never ironic or underwhelmed; her preferred mode is fierce, devoted, and elegiac" (The New York Times Magazine). "Again and again, I was stopped cold by beautiful chapter-ending sentences. I remember this Manhattan, the Sunday matinees at CB's, the rage over Yuppies colonizing the East Village" (Dean Wareham). There are whole shelves of books on sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. Here is a radiant, affecting, and exceptional novel that recaptures for posterity a crucial moment from the past that continues to reverberate in, be felt by, and influence the present. The basis of the film adaptation by the directorial team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, with Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, and Emile Hirsch. An absolute "must-have" title for Eleanor Henderson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (in the month and year of publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Eleanor Henderson NYC 3/12/12". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Announcement of the event during which her signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and publication-month dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ELEANOR HENDERSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0062021028.

Stock number: 17270. ISBN: 0062021028

$US 70.00

Henson, Bill (Artist/Photographer) & Cooper, Dennis (Contributor)
Bill Henson: Lux Et Nox

Imprint: Zurich, Switzerland, Scalo Publishers, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 200 pages. Collection of nude-cum-landscape color photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Bill Henson, Martin Jaeggi, and Walter Keller: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 7 pounds. Black cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Bill Henson. Contribution by the avant-garde writer Dennis Cooper. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Bill Henson's "Lux Et Nox". A sequence of photographs of naked couples making love brilliantly juxtaposed with urban nighttime landscapes. The "lux" - light - of the title refers to photography itself. The metaphor of night - for sex and intimacy as well as loneliness and desolation - endows the sequence with a "life-versus-death" significance rarely seen in photography. You will not restlessly flip through but carefully linger over each page. The sequence is poetic; its contemplative effect is powerful. "Bill Henson is a passionate and visionary explorer of twilight zones, of the ambiguous spaces that exist between day and night, nature and civilization, youth and adulthood, male and female. Continues the tradition of Romantic literature and painting in our post-Industrial Age. The rich chiaroscuro, the oscillating light, and the masterful composition of his photographs map enigmatic states escape rationalism's iron grip" (Dennis Cooper). Bill Henson's night-universe is more mythical than real. But there is nothing polemical much less political ("reason versus emotion", "Nature versus Culture") about his art, not in the terms that Dennis Cooper proposes. That Henson used ordinary-looking, "relatable" kid-models (instead of Miss Universe and Physique types) makes his self-created universe more, not less, otherworldly, unattainable, and desirable. What do poets (and psychologists) say about desire? We desire what we see everyday. For better or for worse, some of these things are the products of the post-industrial, global consumerism that Cooper opposes. Together with Trent Parke, Henson has put Australia on the map as a vital center of art photography, that is to say, of the most serious and ambitious contemporary art itself, which has become more, not less, photographically-based. An absolute "must-have" title for Bill Henson collectors. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 125 color plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO TRENT PARKE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3908247551.

Stock number: 15411. ISBN: 3908247551

$US 800.00

Hetherington, Tim (Photographer) & Junger, Sebastian (Contributor)
Infidel

Imprint: London, England, Chris Boot Limited, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 240 pages. The photographer's breakthrough debut collection of photographs. One of the most important photography books of our time. The First Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a leatherette softcover (also called "limp hardcover") original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Tim Hetherington and Chris Boot: Regular-sized volume format. Black leatherette boards with white titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. The book looks like a soldier's personal journal/diary. Photographs by Tim Hetherington. Text by Sebastian Junger. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Tim Hetherington's "Infidel". His now-classic coverage of American soldiers in combat in Afghanistan. "An intimate portrait of a single US platoon assigned to an outpost in the Korengal Valley, an area considered one of the most dangerous Afghan postings in the war against the Taliban. It is as much about love and male vulnerability as it is about bravery and war. Shooting over the course of one year, photographer Tim Hetherington made a series of images that prove surprisingly tender in their depiction of camaraderie and vulnerability (among the most moving is a series of the platoon sleeping). Alongside revealing interviews with Hetherington's subjects and an Introduction by Junger, the book is also illustrated with graphics of the tattoos the soldiers gave each other in the camp. 'Infidel' is taken from the tattoo the men adopted as a badge of their comradeship. Warm, moving, and full of humor, this book is a tribute to the rough men ready to do violence on our behalf, and a provocative contribution to the documentation of war in our time" (Publisher's blurb). Like his great photojournalist-predecessors, Hetherington openly despised war's architects (in this case, Bush, who started the war, and Obama, who escalated it), the people in power who routinely, hypocritically, and banally pay tribute to "our men and women in uniform", never ever daring to call them what they call themselves: Soldiers. For Hetherington and for each other, these soldiers are also more than that, and the book's epigraph says it eloquently: "For he who gives his life shall always be my brother". Tim Hetherington died on April 20, 2011 from a mortar attack while covering the Libyan rebellion on the front lines of the city of Misrata. His last-known recorded message was a tweet: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO". His tragic, sudden death was headline news throughout the world. An absolute "must-have" title for Tim Hetherington collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (in the year of publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Tim Hetherington NYC 2010". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few such signed, placed, and publication-year dated copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Tim Hetherington's premature and tragic death has made his breakthrough book valuable. A rare signed copy thus. 200 color plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 1905712189.

Stock number: 16105. ISBN: 1905712189

$US 1,000.00

Hiaasen, Carl
Nature Girl

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 310 pages. The author's eleventh novel. One of Carl Hiaasen's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a large first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Carl Hiaasen's "Nature Girl". One of his funniest, that is, best novels. "Feels like a Shakespearean comedy, a mix of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'As You Like It', in which a group of confused lovers tangle with a gang of 'rude mechanicals' deep in the Forest of Arden. Here, Arden is one of the Ten Thousand Islands in the famous Florida Wilderness area. Our heroine, playing a variation on Rosalind, is a slightly screwy gal named Honey Santana, who possesses the tragic flaw of demanding 'more decency and consideration from her fellow humans than they demand of themselves'. That's a tall order when your fellow humans include a foul-smelling fishmonger who may be the world's most deranged stalker and a ne'er-do-well telephone solicitor who has the bad luck of calling Honey at the dinner hour. As funny as any thriller writer alive" (Bill Ott). An absolute "must-have" title for Carl Hiaasen collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Carl Hiaasen. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CARL HIAASEN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0307262995.

Stock number: 20628. ISBN: 0307262995

$US 30.00

Hido, Todd
Homing In: Photographs By Todd Hido

Imprint: New York City, NY, B-Side Boxed Sets, 2017
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 50 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs, presented as a Boxed Set. Limited Edition of 2000 numbered and signed copies. The first and only edition. Sold out shortly after publication. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Todd Hido: Small-size volume format. Photographs by Todd Hido. Fifty 3 X 4 inch loose cards laid into a transparent acrylic box. There is no text. Printed on stiff, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited-Edition Boxed Set, Todd Hido's "Homing In". His unpublished work, amounting accumulatively to a coherent body of work in its own right. Which was surely the photographer's intention, or else he would not have taken such pains to gather and publish them. "Offers a new glimpse into Hido's process as it unveils unpublished photographs, overlooked images of his muse, and brand-new work from the original set of 'Twin Peaks' " (Publisher's blurb). "All photographers have a secret stash of photographs that float on the margins of published existence. Photographs that never quite fit into current projects or the narrative of a book or show, but that are too good to be left un-used. They persist: We pull them out, year after year, we recognize them as great images that should be shared, but they somehow frustratingly defy years of shuffling into categorization or conventional use. This Boxed Set is those photographs, finally liberated from that file labeled 'Orphans & Misfits' " (Todd Hido). An absolute "must-have" title for Todd Hido collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Edition Boxed Set, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Card. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen by Todd Hido. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce signed copy thus. 50 loose cards. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine set. (SEE ALSO OTHER TODD HIDO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1532351283.

Stock number: 21635. ISBN: 1532351283

$US 50.00

Highsmith, Patricia
People Who Knock On The Door: The Limited Edition

Imprint: New York City, NY, Penzler Books, 1985
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 327 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the greatest short-story collections of late-20th century. Limited Slipcased Edition of 250 numbered and signed copies. The first appearance of these stories in book form in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Otto Penzler Books: Regular-sized volume format. Purple cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Text by Patricia Highsmith. Matching purple slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a signed collectible edition format, Patricia Highsmith's "People Who Knock On The Door". "A tale about blind faith and the slippery notion of justice that lies beneath the peculiarly American veneer of righteousness", her hard-earned and characteristically despairing view of humanity toughened (rather than softened) by her empathy for her deeply flawed characters. There are many crime-and-mystery thriller writers who can give even the most jaded reader a really good scare. Highsmith cuts more deeply, leaving an open wound, because she makes us see the void called the human soul. This is what makes her a truly ground-breaking Modernist, not just another great genre writer. Her greatest creation, Tom Ripley, is unique in American literature: The unsurpassed embodiment of amorous amorality of our time. Patricia Highsmith is best-known as the author of "The Talented Mr. Ripley", which was the basis of a fine film by Anthony Minghella, with Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. She wrote five "Ripley" novels in all and the third one, "Ripley's Game", became the basis of yet another fine film, by the great Italian director Liliana Cavani, with John Malkovich as the older (and more assured) Tom Ripley. Alfred Hitchcock was among the first to see her unique genius and adapted her debut novel, "Strangers On A Train", into one of his greatest films. An absolute "must-have" title for Patricia Highsmith collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Slipcased Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully numbered and signed in black pen by Patricia Highsmith. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Highsmith signed few copies of her books, almost all of them to people she knew and was close to. Her Limited Editions are most collectors' best chance of getting a reasonably-priced signed book by her. A rare signed copy thus. Regarded by Gore Vidal as "one of our great modernist writers". One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PATRICIA HIGHSMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0892961376.

Stock number: 19169. ISBN: 0892961376

$US 150.00

Hiroshige (Artist); Eisen (Co-Artist) & Izzard, Sebastian (Author)
Hiroshige Eisen: The Sixty-nine Stations Of The Kisokaido

Imprint: New York City, NY, George Braziller, 2008
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 160 pages. Facsimile Edition of the finest surviving manuscript, with accompanying text in English. One of the greatest books on Japanese art ever published in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by George Braziller: Oversize-volume format. Orange cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Art by Hiroshige and Eisen. Text by Sebastian Izzard. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Hiroshige's and Eisen's "The Sixty-Nine Stations of The Kisokaido". One of the greatest sequences in the ukiyo-e tradition: A series of prints on the Kisokaido, the highway connecting Edo and Kyoto, and its sixty-nine post stations, where travellers could admire the scenery, eat, shop, stay overnight, and be entertained. They capture the look and spirit of each station, creating a "tour de force of artistic vision and printmaking craftsmanship" (Sebastian Izzard). Hiroshige is now regarded as one of the two greatest wood-block printmakers (the other being Hokusai, his predecessor). Ukiyo-e, which literally means "pictures of the floating world", was the art of the common people. It was not folk or primitive art nor was it royal court art, either. Like the photograph today, it could be infinitely reproduced as public demand dictated, and typically presented Japanese life and rituals, scenery and the four seasons, iconic portraits, and breathtaking natural landscapes. Perhaps the best term for it is "artisanal", as it depended on the mastery of one's craft (rather than "concept" or "vision"). Very little is known about ukiyo-e precisely because it was not considered serious art, and most of the work was therefore not preserved or archived. That it flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries is pretty much what we know. Westerners were awed, moved, and for once, humbled by what they saw: Great art of the most exquisite and delicate kind, dazzling virtuosity melded to a master craftsman's innate apprehension of The Beautiful. Like all true art, it will transport you to another temporal reality, where you will wish you could stay forever. An absolute "must-have" title for Hiroshige, Eisen, and art book collectors. This title is an art book classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 71 color plates. Two of the greatest artists of all time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HIROSHIGE TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0807615935.

Stock number: 16862. ISBN: 0807615935

$US 100.00

Hirsch, Edward
Gabriel: A Poem

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 80 pages. The author's book-length poem. One of Edward Hirsch's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that, rather surprisingly for a book of poetry, sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward Hirsch's "Gabriel: A Poem". A masterpiece of an elegy for Gabriel, his prematurely deceased son. It is the sublime poetic counter-voice to Joan Didion's memoir, "Blue Nights" (2011), about the just-as-sudden death of her daughter, Quintana Roo. "Never has there been a book of poems quite like 'Gabriel', in which a short life, a bewildering death, and the unanswerable sorrow of a father come together in such a sustained elegy. Speaks directly from Hirsch's heart to our own, without sentimentality. Poignantly direct and open to the strange vicissitudes and tricks of grief. In propulsive three-line stanzas, tells the story of how a once unstoppable child turned into an irreverent young adult, funny, rebellious, impulsive. Mixes his tale of Gabriel with the stories of other poets through the centuries who have also lost children. Enters the broad stream of human grief and raises in us the strange hope, even consolation, that we find in the poet's act of witnessing and transformation. It will be read and re-read" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Edward Hirsch collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on a bookplate (that is laid into the book) by Edward Hirsch. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only copy (with signed bookplate) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Edward Hirsch did NOT tour or sign copies to promote the book. Copies available online have serious flaws, are in multiple subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. "Earthly Measures" is regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the canonical works of the 20th century. One of the greatest poets of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD HIRSCH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 038535357X.

Stock number: 20686. ISBN: 038535357X

$US 100.00

Hirsch, Edward
How To Read A Poem And Fall In Love With Poetry

Imprint: New York City, NY, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 352 pages. Landmark collection of essays on subject. One of the best introductions to the art of poetry ever written. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward Hirsch's "How To Read A Poem And Fall In Love With Poetry". His book-length account on his vocation. "Hirsch's guide to getting the most out of poetry is filled with inspiring examples and thousands of epigrams and allusions. Above all, he is intent on poetry's physical and emotional power. In chapters devoted to the lyric, the narrative, the poetry of sorrow, of ecstasy, of witness, Hirsch continually conveys the sheer ecstasy of this vital act of communication. Above all, there is the thrill of discovery as Hirsch offers up works by artists ranging from Anna Akhmatova to Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Bishop to Adam Zagajewski. I defy you not to fall in love with Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska on the basis of 'The Joy of Writing', which begins: 'Why does this written doe bound through these written woods? / For a drink of written water from a spring / whose surface will xerox her soft muzzle? / Why does she lift her head; does she hear something? / Perched on four slim legs borrowed from the truth, / she pricks up her ears beneath my fingertips'. His introductions to Eastern European poets such as Jiri Orten, Attila Jozsef, and Miklos Radnoti will make you want to ferret out their hard-to-find work" (Kerry Fried). The appended Glossary and Extended Reading List are indispensable. An absolute "must-have" title for Edward Hirsch collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Edward Hirsch. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. "Earthly Measures" is regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the canonical works of the 20th century. One of the greatest poets of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD HIRSCH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0151004196.

Stock number: 19049. ISBN: 0151004196

$US 80.00

Hirsch, Edward
On Love: Poems By Edward Hirsch

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 88 pages. The author's fifth collection of poems. One of the finest poetry collections of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward Hirsch's "On Love: Poems". Love poems, as if written by great Other Lovers. Takes up the subjects of separateness and fusion, autonomy and blur. "The initial progression of fifteen shapely and passionate lyrics opens out into a sequence of meditations about love. These arresting love poems are spoken by a gallery of historical figures from Denis Diderot, Heinrich Heine, Charles Baudelaire, and Ralph Waldo Emerson to Gertrude Stein, Federico Garcia Lorca, Zora Neale Hurston, and Colette. Each anatomizes a different aspect of Eros in poems uttered by a chorus of historical authorities that is also a lone lover's yearning voice. Offers the most formally adept and moving poetry by the author Harold Bloom hails as utterly fresh, canonical, and necessary" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Edward Hirsch collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Edward Hirsch. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. He also crossed out his printed name. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. "Earthly Measures" is regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the canonical works of the 20th century. One of the greatest poets of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD HIRSCH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375402535.

Stock number: 19050. ISBN: 0375402535

$US 70.00

Hirsch, Edward
The Demon And The Angel: Searching For The Source Of Artistic Inspiration

Imprint: New York City, NY, Harcourt Books, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 324 pages. Collection of essays on subject. One of Edward Hirsch's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward Hirsch's "The Demon And The Angel: Searching For The Source of Artistic Inspiration". His book-length meditation on artistic creation and re-creation. "A work of art, whether a painting, a dance, a poem, or a jazz composition can be admired in its own right. But how does the artist actually create his or her work? What is the source of an artist's inspiration? What is the force that impels the artist to set down a vision that becomes art? In this ground-breaking book, Edward Hirsch explores the concept of duende, that mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. It has been said that Laurence Olivier had it, and so did Ernest Hemingway, but Maurice Evans and John O'Hara did not. Marlon Brando had it, but squandered it. Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith had it, and so did Miles Davis. From Federico Garcia Lorca's wrestling with darkness as he discovered the fountain of words within himself to Martha Graham's creation of her most emotional dances, from the canvases of Robert Motherwell to William Blake's celestial visions, Hirsch taps into the artistic imagination and explains, in terms illuminating and emotional, how different artists respond to the power and demonic energy of creative impulse. A masterful tour of the minds and thoughts of writers, poets, painters, and musicians" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Edward Hirsch collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Edward Hirsch. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. "Earthly Measures" is regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the canonical works of the 20th century. One of the greatest poets of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD HIRSCH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0151005389.

Stock number: 19051. ISBN: 0151005389

$US 70.00

Hitchcock, Alfred (Film Director/Subject); Truffaut, Francois (Author/Film Director) & Scott, Helen
Hitchcock/truffaut: A Definitive Study Of Alfred Hitchcock By Francois Truffaut

Imprint: Norwalk, CT, The Easton Press, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 367 pages. New Definitive Edition of the film classic. The greatest book on film of the 20th century. The 2010 Easton Press "Collector's Edition". Published in a small and limited print run as a Leatherbound Edition that was not reissued once all of the copies were sold. There is no ISBN. The Collector's Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by The Easton Press: Oversize-volume format. Olive-green leather boards with gilt titles and design (the caricature-profile of Hitchcock) embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut. Assisted by Helen G. Scott, the only one among the trio who was fluent in both English and French. Vintage film stills. Gilt page edges. Salmon vellum endpapers. Matching salmon satin ribbon marker. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents, in an elegant Collector's Edition, "Hitchcock/Truffaut: A Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut". The single most valuable book on film ever published thus far. "Provides insight into the cinematic method, the history of film, and one of the greatest directors of all time. Fifty hours of interviews about his vast directorial career, from his silent movies in Great Britain to his films in Hollywood" (Publisher's blurb). It should also be noted that "Le Cinema Selon Hitchcock", the French Edition, is NOT the original even though it was published first (in 1966). It is instead a translation, and a bad one, of the interviews that Hitchcock conducted entirely in English. Truffaut, who spoke English well enough, depended nonetheless on the indispensable Helen Scott's bilingual command. The French translation (rushed by someone the publisher hired) dismantled Hitchcock's language, drained his actual voice of its British wit and delicious sting, and turned The Master into some kind of academic figure pontificating in arid, lifeless jargon, an undeniable French specialty. Hitchcock privately rejected the French translation, but did not - to his credit - make a fuss out of respect and admiration for Truffaut. Still, the book to own and read for ALL cinephiles, the French included, is the American Edition, as it is the true original. An absolute "must-have" title for Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the 2010 Easton Press "Collector's Edition"/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. It comes with a pristine copy of Kent Jones' documentary, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (2015), the brilliant film about the intense encounter between the two great film artists. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws, particularly the DJ, and are in innumerable subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare set thus. The greatest film director of the 20th century, honored as such by one of the greatest film directors of all time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0671526014.

Stock number: 22246. ISBN: 0671526014

$US 300.00

Hitchens, Christopher
Arguably: Essays By Christopher Hitchens

Imprint: New York City, NY, Twelve/Hachette Book Group, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 795 pages. Massive retrospective collection of essays. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Christopher Hitchens' "Arguably". In one hefty, 795-page volume (it weighs 3 pounds), Christopher Hitchens' finest and most representative essays, a prodigal outpouring, not just output, of wit, brilliance, and venom from the most anomalously celebrated critic/essayist of our time. "Forms a bridge between the two parallel enterprises of culture and politics. It reveals how politics justifies itself by culture and how the latter prompts the former" (Publisher's blurb). Christopher Hitchens died of esophageal cancer on December 15, 2011. In his blurb for "Arguably", Christopher Buckley described his colleague and friend as "the greatest living essayist in the English language". In his obituary piece, Buckley reiterates: "One or two reviewers demurred, calling my effusion 'forgivable exaggeration'. To them I say: OK, name a better one. I would alter only one word in that blurb now". The word is obviously "living" now that Hitchens is dead, and more important, Buckley unmistakably implies that the vacuum will not be filled. RIP, Mr. Hitchens. An absolute "must-have" title for Christopher Hitchens collectors. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online are subsequent printings or have serious flaws (even if they are New) because of the book's unwieldy size and shoddy handling/packing on the publisher's part. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest writer/intellectuals of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND GORE VIDAL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN B00AV0KL3U.

Stock number: 17812. ISBN: B00AV0KL3U

$US 70.00

Hitchens, Christopher
Mortality

Imprint: New York City, NY, Twelve Press, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 110 pages. The author's last book, published posthumously. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out within the first few weeks of publication. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Christopher Hitchens' "Mortality". "End-of-life" essays and a Coda of Last Notes that appears in published form for the very first time, the best book of its kind since Susan Sontag's "Illness As Metaphor" (1978). All seven pieces first appeared in gripping monthly installments in Vanity Fair Magazine. They show the terminally ill Hitchens to be unsentimentally witty, insightful, and funny until the very grim end. The single most reflective and poignant piece is on the idea of voice: Hitchens permanently lost his speaking voice during aggressive treatment, prompting him to write what is surely one of the most original meditations on the (deadly) literary cliche, "the writer's voice", and what it means to a famously eloquent public intellectual/writer like him to lose the ability to speak. Another brilliantly sustained piece on the aphorism by Nietzsche, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger", which has permanently entered popular culture as a truism, is challenged by Hitchens from the largely-unheard perspective of a terminally sick man: For every cancer patient (and there are millions of them, on whose behalf Hitchens vehemently writes) who has undergone chemo "therapy", radiation, and most harrowing of all, bone marrow transplant, whatever doesn't kill you makes you weaker. Then it kills you. Christopher Hitchens died of esophageal cancer on December 15, 2011, "the greatest essayist in the English language" of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Christopher Hitchens collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are ALL subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest writer/intellectuals of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND GORE VIDAL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1455502758.

Stock number: 20548. ISBN: 1455502758

$US 100.00

Hockney, David (Author/Artist) & Joyce, Paul (Editor/Contributor)
Hockney On Photography

Imprint: New York City, NY, Harmony Books, 1988
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 192 pages. Retrospective collection of in-depth interviews on subject, with accompanying photographs and art. One of the greatest photography books of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced by David Hockney and Ken Sansone: Oversize-volume format. Blue cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text, photographs, and art by David Hockney. The extensive Interviews were conducted and transcribed by Paul Joyce, one of the preeminent British art historians, and an artist/photographer/film director in his own right. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Spain to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents David Hockney's and Paul Joyce's "Hockney On Photography". His fullest statement, in words and images, on photography. "One of our most passionate experimental artists, he has developed a pioneering concept which also radically changed his perspective on painting: His 'joiners' " (Publisher's blurb). Hockney's photo-collages are his quirkily original response to the artistic challenge and possibility that he believes photography poses. Differing with (and at the same time, expanding upon) the leading theorists of photography in Walter Benjamin ("The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction") and Susan Sontag ("On Photography"), he insists that the single photograph, being the result of a mechanical instrument (the camera), represents the drastic limit rather than the full potential of photography. For Hockney, the single photograph becomes merely a medium that imitates painting, but is degraded as such, because it is infinitely reproducible and lacks the "handcrafted" intervention that painting entails. Human hands make every painting unique. Even Warhol's silkscreen paintings are hand-made, requiring the manual intervention that we associate with art-making. The only way that photography can also become a full-fledged and original art (as opposed to being an imitative medium) is through "handcrafted" intervention. Hence, Hockney's one-of-a-kind photo-collages. He calls them "joiners" (a witty British eccentricity of a term), whereby multiple shots of a subject, taken from different angles, are joined together in order to evoke a space-time continuum in a way that painting cannot do, and that only photography can. "Joiner"-collage explores and exploits photography's possibilities in a way that the single photograph does not. A stimulating, provocative, and enriching "take" on photography whose achievement represents a major breakthrough for Hockney's art in particular and the history of photography in general. An absolute "must-have" title for David Hockney collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by David Hockney. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First American Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the greatest artists of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO ROLAND BARTHES "CAMERA LUCIDA" AND SUSAN SONTAG "ON PHOTOGRAPHY" TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0517571749.

Stock number: 20084. ISBN: 0517571749

$US 400.00

Hodgkin, Howard; Gauguin, Paul; Picasso, Pablo; Ruscha, Ed & Others; Castleman, Riva (Author)
A Century Of Artists Books

Imprint: New York City, NY, Museum Of Modern Art, 1994
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 263 pages. Exhibition Monograph. One of the best books on the book as a work of art ever published in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original that was not reissued once all of the copies were sold. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by MOMA: Oversize-volume format. Maroon cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Artists Books by various artists, a Who's Who of "La Belle Epoque" late-19th-century, Modernist, post-Modernist, and contemporary 20th-century art: Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Kazimir Malevich, Marcel Duchamp, Ed Ruscha, Joseph Beuys, and Howard Hodgkin, among many others. Curated and annotated by Riva Castleman. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) New York from October 23, 1994 through January 24, 1995. Presents Riva Castleman's "A Century of Artists Books". A meticulous and representative selection of the greatest Artists Books created during their first century (between the 1890's and 1990's). Provides an insightful and indispensable reference-history of the art of the Artist Book, that is, the book as a medium for artistic expression, through 140 examples. "Major artists turned to the 'illumination' of poems, classical literature, and their own writings to make books that are now collectors' objects, luxuriously produced. Such Limited Editions have continued to be produced alongside other types of Artists Books aimed at a much larger audience. The more available Artists Books have served a different purpose, often expressing aesthetic and political principles. Accompanying texts consider the historical background, complex relationships between artists and book manufacturers, technical constraints, and recent changes" (Publisher's blurb). The central role that photography eventually played in this exciting history is evidenced by the inclusion of numerous photographically-based Artists Books. An absolute "must-have" title for Artists Books collectors. This title is a great Artist Book reference. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws while others command as much as $600. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 224 illustrations, 76 color plates. Some of the greatest artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A fine copy. . ISBN 0810961245.

Stock number: 19963. ISBN: 0810961245

$US 100.00

Hogan, Patrick Colm
On Interpretation: Meaning And Inference In Law, Psychoanalysis, And Literature

Imprint: Athens, GA, University Of Georgia Press, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 235 pages. Book-length account on subject. One of the finest accounts on not just one but three major areas of interpretation (the law, psychoanalysis, and literature) ever written. The First Hardcover Edition. Published simultaneously with the Softcover Edition in a small and limited print run by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Patrick Colm Hogan's "On Interpretation". Literary theory par excellence. "Challenges a number of entrenched assumptions about being and knowing that have long kept theorists debating at cross purposes. He sets forth a theory of meaning and interpretation and then develops it in the context of the practices and goals of the law, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism. Hogan argues that the basis of interpretive method is ordinary inferential reasoning. There is no general methodological difference between interpretation in the humanities and theory construction in the physical sciences. Furthermore, the nature of interpretation does not entail cultural, historical or other forms of relativism, as is commonly thought. However, this does not imply that there is only one way of approaching interpretation or that there is one true meaning of any particular work. Rather, there are many kinds of interpretation and many kinds of meaning, and the interpreter is free to stipulate one of these in the context of a particular inquiry. To illustrate the range of applications of his theory, Hogan considers legal decisions in the United States, distinguishing a range of meanings far broader than that explicitly recognized by legal theorists. He also draws on the philosophy of action, cognitive science, and psychoanalytic theory to extend his general interpretive principles" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Modern First and contemporary literature collectors. This is a University Press title and is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the most brilliant literary historians/theorists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PATRICK COLM HOGAN TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0820317241.

Stock number: 14378. ISBN: 0820317241

$US 30.00

Hollingsworth, Jonathan
Everybody I Ever Met In L.a.

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Just One Guy Press, 2008
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 64 pages. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful photography books of the decade. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 20 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the Limited Edition. A brilliant production by Jonathan Hollingsworth: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial aquamarine cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted on the recessed center and titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Jonathan Hollingsworth. Original 3.5 X 4.5 inch color print mounted, encased in its own folio, and laid into the box. Bright yellow cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Deluxe Edition format, Jonathan Hollingsworth's "Everybody I Ever Met In LA". Collection of portrait-cum-text photographs of everybody he ever met in Los Angeles in the most collectible edition possible. The rogues' gallery of memorable people are all here, committed to posterity by Hollingsworth in a singular way: Each of the portraits is of Hollingsworth as his subject, a brilliant inversion of Cindy Sherman's by-now-familiar approach. In all of Sherman's transformative portraits, we never ever forget that we are looking at Cindy Sherman, the artist "expressing" herself. In all of Hollingsworth's portraits, he has so thoroughly immersed himself in his subjects' lifestyles, wardrobe, furniture, and other pertinent personal details that we do forget we are looking at him in various guises. Sherman re-defined the photographic portrait by making us keenly aware that every such portrait is ultimately a self-portrait. Hollingsworth beautifully builds on that insight by aiming for and largely succeeding at a Zelig-like effect: The Self-As-Others. Everybody he ever met in LA is a hysterically unforgettable subject because Hollingsworth was determined to capture them as faithfully as possible. Using himself to do so makes his attempt both poignant and witty, tender and funny. An absolute "must-have" title for Jonathan Hollingsworth collectors. This copy is one of the Deluxe Clamshell Edition of 20 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page (Number 11). It is very prominently and beautifully numbered, signed, and dated (in the year of publication) in metallic-silver pen-marker by the photographer: "Jonathan Hollingsworth 11/20 2008". It comes with an original 3.5 X 4.5 inch color print of "Nobody Has To Know...When You're on Furlough From San Diego", also very prominently and beautifully numbered, titled, signed, and dated in black pen on verso: "Jonathan Hollingsworth 2008 'Nobody Has to Know...' 11/20". It is the second of two print choices of the Deluxe Edition. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 45 color plates, 1 original color print. One of the most brilliant American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO LIMITED EDITION OF THIS AND OTHER JONATHAN HOLLINGSWORTH TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0615239226.

Stock number: 14162. ISBN: 0615239226

$US 150.00