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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.