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Harrison, Jim. Wolf: A False Memoir ***SIGNED***. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition first edition first printing, signed by author on title page. Remaindered and lightly read. Some fading tinted top text block, especially close to spine. Dust jacket in very good condition but with soil scuffs, rubbed and bumped corners. In protective archival sleeve.
Seller: Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf : A False Memoir. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A less-than-immaculate SIGNED copy of Harrison's first novel. Tape removal marks (minor) front and back covers; harsh erasure on fly-leaf, also a rust-colored stain - coffee? ketchup? something worse? - it's nature evidently interested Harrison as he has annotated the page adjoining it in blue ink with a question mark and his initials 'JH' in addition to signing the succeeding page, the half-title. else a very good or better copy in a moderately soiled, price-clipped very good dustjacket (mylar-protected) showing wear at tips & spinal extremities plus a 1" closed tear top edge front panel near spine. Lacking the usual remainder mark. Basis of a some-say-underrated-some say-lousy 1994 movie directed by Mike Nichols with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
HARRISON, JIM. WOLF: A FALSE MEMOIR [SIGNED]. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Author's first novel. Harrison's signature with no inscription in blue ink directly on the front flyleaf. Close to fine with some darkening to top edge in full white cloth covered boards with black lettering. Black top stain on pages. Near ubiquitous remainder mark as usual on bottom of textblock. Price-clipped else fine dust jacket, no chips or tears, with author photo on back panel by John Schulz. See photos. "Harrison said he became a novelist after he fell off a cliff while bird hunting. During his convalescence, his friend Thomas McGuane suggested he write a novel, and Wolf: A False Memoir (1971) was the result. It is the story of a man who tells his life story while searching for signs of a wolf in the northern Michigan wilderness."---Wikipedia
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf. Simon and Schuster, 1971.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of his first novel. A fine book in a fine jacket. Price-clipped; thin remainder mark to the bottom edge close to the spine. Very clean copy. Signed by Harrison.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Jim Harrison. Wolf: A False Memoir. Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, 1971.
Price: US$537.63 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Very Good Jacket, age spots & clip, Signed to title page, First Edition First Print, in protective cover, no chips or owner marks
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf, A False Memoir - SIGNED. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$545.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket, Signed by the author on the third front end paper. Remainder mark on bottom text block, else no flaws to speak of.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf. Simon & Schuster, 1971, 1971.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY ("To ___, "con amore" for that night, Jimmy, 1972") Near fine/very good (the book is near-perfect, with a beautifully even topstain; the dj has a short, almost closed tear at the top edge of the back panel, and a completely closed, shorter tear at the top edge of the front panel; not price-clipped; no rem. mark)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf: A False Memoir (Signed). Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, no other printings listed) New York, Simon & Schuster, 1971. Author's Signature, no inscription, directly on the Title Page. Near Fine in Near Fine Jacket. Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, but is price clipped. Text with black topstain Clean, no marks except for the common narrow remainder mark on the bottom edge. Binding Tight and Square. Boards Clean, no bumps. A very nice copy of this author's first novel. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Seller: McInBooks, IOBA, Farmington, NM, U.S.A.
HARRISON, Jim.. Wolf: A False Memoir.. Simon and Schuster,, NY:, 1971.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The author's first novel. Stated first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Faint ring stain on rear board, else very good in a very good (moderate dust soiling on rear panel) dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. ; 225 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A False Memoir. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed on title page. Author's first novel. Stated First Printing. Grey top-stain. Toning to dust jacket, shelf wear to head, heel and extremities.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Jim Harrison. Wolf: A False Memoir. Simon & Schuster, 1971.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Wolf: A False Memoir by Jim Harrison. Harrison s first novel. This is a signed review copy. [1971] New York, Simon & Schuster. White boards, grey lettering to spine and front cover, very bold blue top stain. 225 pp. a fine copy in a likewise fine jacket with $5.95 price intact. Boldly signed in the title page by Harrison. Includes review slip from Simon & Schuster. . Harrison s first published novel written at the urging of good friend Thomas McGuane to whom the book is dedicated, while Harrison was recovering from an injury. Though not a memoir in the true sense of the word the book does contain many semi-autobiographical elements. Rarely seen in such good condition. . #jimharrison #legendsofthefall #farmer #agooddaytodie #rarebooks #bookcollection #bookcollector #signedbooks #bookstore #bookshop #independantbookstore #yorksc #bookishness #booktok #bookstagram #giftideasforhim #modernfirsteditions #igbooks #bookcommunity #bookcollection #reviewcopies
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf: A False Memoir. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 225 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. His first novel. Signed and dated, 4-88 by Harrison on the second sheet. Fine book without the usual black remainder mark in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Harrison, Jim. Wolf. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A False Memoir. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed on title page by Harrison and signed on dedication page by Tom McGuane. Author's first novel. Stated First Printing. Nice grey top stain. Toning to spine of book. Looks to have a pen mark on the W of Wolf.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21cm); white cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [10],11-225,[3]pp. Inscribed to fellow Montana author, screenwriter, and outdoorsman William "Gatz" Hjortsberg and his wife Marian on the half-title page, where Harrison has drawn a full-page nude self-portrait saying the words "Je vous aime beaucoup, Gatz & Marian." Light wear to spine ends and lower board edges, faint finger-soil to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.95), with modest wear to extremities, some yellowing along the front flap, and several tiny tears, with a tape mend at crown on verso; Very Good. Harrison's first novel, narrated by the protagonist from the Huron Mountains of upper Michigan. "Thirty-three years old, he is in the woods to escape, however briefly, a self-corrupted world for which his contempt mounts with each new experience of it. He is also there to recollect and invent upon the years 1956-1960, when he was at large in the nation, getting women and booze and drugs and brutish jobs and a heightened awareness of the virtues of keeping his own counsel (New York Times Book Review, December 12, 1971). 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 A7.b.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.