Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover and/or pages are damaged.
Seller: Big River Books, Powder Springs, GA, U.S.A.
Jim Harrison. Letters to Yesenin. The Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Soft cover with red lettering on front cover, white lettering on spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1973. Stated First Edition. This edition consists of 1000 copies, 100 numbered and 26 lettered hardbound copies. 62 pages. Black and white portrait on front cover. Black and white photograph of the author on rear cover. $2.45 price on top left corner of rear cover. Tiny spots of toning on left side of rear cover. Contains poems originally appearing in Spectrum and American Poetry Review. Pages are in excellent shape. Text is neat and legible. Binding secure with no missing pages. Very Good Condition. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$95.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The last page in the book indicates that this paperback was one of 1,000 copies. There were 100 numbered and 26 lettered hardbound copies. What makes this copy interesting is that it once belonged to noted poet Hayden Carruth, who signed his name on the first page. Further down we see "For Tom from Hayden. 4 March 1974. " The copy is in good shape but there is evidence of contact with moisture on the back cover. A rare copy with an interesting provenance.
Seller: Brodsky Bookshop, Taos, NM, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. LETTERS TO YESENIN. Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$122.35 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Harrison,Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: one of 1000 copies inscription reads : Patest an unsuccessful suicide note with love from Jimmy some light rubbing to front panel and a light reading crease along the spine
Seller: Always Superior Books, marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, Fremont, 1973.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in wrappers with minimal wear and light rubbing on the back panel.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
GERBER, Dan. Departure (Signed Limited Edition). Sumac Press, Fremont, MI, 1973.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Letter W from an edition of only 26 copies. Gerber's second poetry collection with this one dedicated to his long time friend Jim Harrison. An about near fine copy in cloth binding with a small scratch to the spine, a bump to the base of the spine, and a single moisture drop to the limitation page in an about near fine lightly soiled dust jacket that has a small scrape to the spine. Signed by Gerber on the limitation page. Very uncommon.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, U.S.A., 1973.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, Soft cover, Limited to 1000, Signed in protective sleeve
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, La Crosse, WI, 1973.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 62 pages. First edition, first printing. His fourth book of poetry, one of 1000 copies in wrappers. Inscribed by Harrison on the first sheet. Fine book with a touch of rubbing to the spine folds in wrappers. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. The Sumac Press, Fremont, MI, 1973.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Thin octavo. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. Very good. One of 1000 copies, signed and inscribed on half-title page by Harrison to director Hal Ashby: "To Hal Ashby with admiration - Jim Harrison." Harrison (b. 1937) American author, poet and screenwriter; received a B.A. and M.A. in comparative Literature from Michigan State University; Assistant Professor of English at State University of New York at Stony Brook, before resigning to write full time. Ashby (1936-88) American director; won an Academy Award for "In the Heat of the Night" (as editor); directed "Harold and Maude" (1971), "The Last Detail" (1973), "Bound for Glory" (1976), "Coming Home" (1978), etc.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. LETTERS TO YESENIN - INSCRIBED TO WILLIAM HJORTSBERG. Sumac Press, Fremont, MI, 1973.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, wrappered issue, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (22.75cm); pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-62,[2]pp. Inscribed to fellow Montana author, screenwriter, and outdoorsman William "Gatz" Hjortsberg on the half-title page: "To Gatzee con amore / Jim." Gentle sunning to spine, light wear to extremities and along the front joint; Very Good+ or better. Harrison's fifth collection of poetry. Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's. Drawn by the prospect of adventure, solitude, and good fishing, they, along with Tom McGuane, were central figures in the Montana Gang - a coterie of authors, artists, and musicians whose ranks included Russell Chatham, Richard Brautigan, Don Carpenter, Bob Dattila, Peter Fonda, Jimmy Buffett, Jim Crumley, Erik Weber, and others. They transitioned from being friends to family when Hjortsberg's son, Max, married Harrison's daughter Anna. A superb association copy of this key, early work. Orr & Torrey A10.b.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
HARRISON, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. The Sumac Press, Fremont, Michigan, 1973.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Wrappers with some wear and modest soil, very good or better. Inscribed to author William Eastlake on the half-title: "To Bill / here goes nothing / Jim. Feb 74." One of 1,000 copies in wrappers. William Eastlake is the author of the noted Checkerboard Trilogy. In 1955 he bought a 400-acre ranch in New Mexico that became a haven for writers like Edward Abbey, who made his first "pilgrimage" to the ranch in a Volkswagen bus, along with Robert Creeley, after reading Eastlake's first novel, *Go in Beauty*. Eastlake said in 1975: "My original reason for coming to New Mexico was that the American West has never been written about. A great many illiterates (.) have tried (.) but never any artists (.) so I have moved in and staked it out. Our great West, the American promise, has been waiting for two hundred years to be discovered, and that has been my dedication and delight, my Seven Cities of Cibola." Eastlake wrote a blurb for Harrison's first novel, *Wolf*. An excellent association.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. The Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Small owner's inked name stamp to front pastedown, else fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing to folds, minor foxing to rear flap fold and panel and with a tiny closed tear to lower front jacket fold in mylar cover. First edition, one of 100 numbered and signed hardback copies.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Letters to Yesenin. Sumac Press, 1973.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition, the hardcover signed limited edition, in a fine dust jacket. This is one of the 26 lettered and signed copies, lettered E. There were also 100 numbered and limited hardcovers and 1,000 copies in wrappers. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.