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39. HARRISON, Jim. Legends of the Fall. (NY): Delacorte (n.d.) [1976]. The very scarce first issue proof of Harrison’s
collection of three novellas, issued in white wrappers in a small (5 1/2” x 7 1/4”) format and tape-bound, a crude format that
indicates that few copies were made this way. The best information we have is that only 10 such copies were produced: the regular
proof, bound in red wrappers, was a more normal size and a more polished production, with a standard perfectbound format, and
is later. A “stopper” for almost all Harrison collections. $5000
40. HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Heller’s first book, a black comedy of World War II and
military life whose title has become a part of the language, signifying a contradictory set of instructions or constraints. This book
was both the basis for a well-received movie and also one of the novels that helped define the ethos of the 1960s—funny, irreverent,
and critical of established authority and bureaucracy. Signed by the author. A bit of foxing on the front free endpaper but still
fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small amount of foxing at the extremities. No fading to the spine panel, and no rubbing
to the rich blue front panel; bright, unfaded orange topstain. Extremely scarce thus. One of the nicest copies we’ve seen offered
in the past several years, and probably the nicest signed copy we’ve ever seen. Housed in a custom clamshell box. One of the few
books to be listed on each of the Modern Library, Radcliffe, Waterstone’s and New York Public Library lists of the great books of
the 20th century. $12500
41. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers with the slightest tanning to the spine. Laid in is the seldomfound
printed card with the summary of the book and author biography. $5000
42. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. NY: Scribner’s, 1940. Fine in a fine, first issue dust jacket. A beautiful
copy with almost none of the usually aggressive rubbing to the black jacket. A relatively common first edition, but rare in this
condition. $12500
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