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82 HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Two Christmas Tales. Berkeley: The Hart Press, 1959 one of 150 copies, privately distributed First edition in book form, issued as a limited edition of 150 copies for the publishers to present as Christmas gifts; no copies were offered for sale. Originally appearing in the Toronto Star Weekly on 22 December 1923, the work comprises “A North of Italy Christmas” and “Christmas in Paris”. The artist Victor Roland Anderson (1912–1976) illustrated many Christmas books for the Hart Press, including Max Beerbohm’s Dickens and Christmas (1955). Small quarto, pp. 8. Original illustrated wrappers, front cover lettered in black, edges untrimmed. Woodcut- illustrated title page and historiated initials by Victor Roland Anderson. Sunning to spine, else bright, slight offsetting to contents, crease to pp. 4–5. A near-fine copy, sharp and bright. ¶ Grissom A.30.1.a; Hanneman 27. £1,500 [155304]
78 HAY, Michael. Bentley: The Vintage Years. London: Dalton Watson, 1986 bentley’s golden age First edition, deluxe issue, number 45 of 200 copies bound in morocco, signed by the author on the title page. Hay’s lavish and comprehensive overview of Bentley cars in the period 1919 to 1931, the first 12 years of the company, covers the time characterized by some of their most iconic cars and greatest successes in motor racing. Quarto. Original green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, gilt Bentley device to front cover, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Housed in original green cloth slipcase. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. A fine copy in fine slipcase. £2,500 [159774] 79 HAYEK, Friedrich August von. Law, Legislation and Liberty. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973–79 the culmination of his philosophical career First US editions of each volume of Hayek’s last major work of social philosophy, published over a seven- year period. In many ways the culmination of his philosophical career, Law, Legislation and Liberty was Hayek’s most extensive philosophical analysis of the
structure of society, the nature of justice, and the underlying principles of economics. The work joins The Road to Serfdom and The Constitution of Liberty in the triumvirate of Hayek’s three key works. The US and UK editions, both printed in Britain, were published the same years, apparently simultaneously. 3 volumes, octavo. Original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt on blue grounds. With dust jackets. Faded pencil inscription to front free endpaper of vol. I, and some pencil annotations in same. Some spotting to top edge, else fine copies in near- fine jackets, very lightly sunned and rubbed, short closed tear to rear panel of vol. II neatly taped on verso. ¶ Cody & Ostrem B–15, B–16, B–18. £2,750 [156402] 80 HEANEY, Seamus. The Gravel Walks. Hickory, NC: Lenoir Rhyne College, 1992 so walk on air against your better judgement First edition, signed limited issue, copy Y of 26 lettered copies on handmade paper. Heaney recited the line “So walk on air against your better judgement” from this poem for his Nobel lecture, offering it as an instruction for himself and all who listened. The line is also incised as the epitaph on Heaney’s gravestone. Heaney elaborated on his choice in an interview: “My poetry on the whole was earth-hugging, but then I began to look up rather than keep down. I think it had to do with a sense that the marvellous was as
permissible as the matter-of-fact in poetry. That line is from a poem called ‘The Gravel Walks’, which is about heavy work – wheeling barrows of gravel – but also the paradoxical sense of lightness when you’re lifting heavy things. I like the in-betweenness of up and down, of being on the earth and of the heavens. I think that’s where poetry should dwell, between the dream world and the given world, because you don’t just want photography, and you don’t want fantasy either” (Heaney, quoted in Kim). This edition was printed by the Shadowy Waters Press, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies Southern Region at Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina. The edition comprises 175 numbered, unsigned copies; 10 “artist’s copies” numbered and signed by the author; and 10 copies of the unfolded, unbound sheets, numbered and signed by the author. Square octavo, 8 pp. Original stitched marbled wrappers, title label to front. Housed in the publisher’s green cloth flat- back box, as issued. A fine, uncut copy. ¶ Brandes & Durkan A52b. Hyung W. Kim, “15 Questions with Seamus Heaney”, The Harvard Crimson , 8 October 2008, available online. £3,000 [155744]
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81 HEINLEIN, Robert A. The Rolling Stones. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952 “a dream of personal freedom” – jack williamson First edition in the first issue jacket, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A condensed version of the story first appeared as “Tramp Space Ship”, serialized in Boy’s Life between September and November 1952. The Rolling Stones was one of “Heinlein’s juveniles”, a series of science fiction novels written for Scribner’s young adult line, each stand-alone title featuring “a young male protagonist entering the adult world of conflict, decisions, and responsibilities” (McGiveron). This title is a family drama set in space, partially inspired by Ellis Parker Butler’s short story “Pigs is Pigs” (1905). It marks the first appearance
of Hazel Stone, an anarchistic matriarch who also appears in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), The Number of the Beast (1980), and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in metallic blue, vignette of astronaut family in metallic blue on front cover. With illustrated title page and 1 half-page, 3 full-page, and 3 double-page black and white illustrations by Clifford Geary. Spine ends and corners rubbed, one corner just worn, small damp stain to lower outer edge of front cover extending to first few leaves, not affecting text. A very good copy indeed, square and firm, in like jacket, spine panel slightly darkened, edges a touch rubbed, upper edges nicked, short closed tear to head of front panel with damp stain to verso, trivial foxing to front flap fold, not price-clipped, fresh and sharp. ¶ Currey 234 for first UK edition; Stephens A14a. Rafeeq McGiveron, “Heinlein Cover Art: Scribner’s YA/Juveniles”, available online; Jack Williamson, “Youth Against Space”, Algol 17, 1977, available online. £4,000 [158778]
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