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[old bear]

Copy of Elmer Keith's, " "Hell I was There."
Lets start at $25.00 and go from there. Ends February 28, 2025.

This has been approved by Handejector.

Thanks all,
old bear

 

[lihpster]

I'll go $30.

 

[Kinman]

I'm in for $35...

 

[cherrypointmarine]

I'll go with $40 .

 

[old bear]

To the top, for the evening crew.

 

[snafu177]

I'll go $50

 

[Model 19 6"]

Put me in for $65

 

[lihpster]

To the top.

 

[Mule Packer]

Dang! Let's make this interesting. I'll go a C note! (That's a hundred bucks for all you folks from Rio Linda.)

 

[AJ]

First Edition?

 

[old bear]

First Edition?

No idea:
No matter what edition it's still for a Great cause

 

[Fredo Batali]

I'm in for $115.00

De Oppresso liber

 

[boykinlp]

For someone who read it when I didn't have electricity for 11 days after Hurricane Helene, it is a fantastic read! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Larry

 

[Onomea]

I have a copy, so am not bidding on this one. It is a wonderful read.

First Edition?

My copy — it may be the same as the one on auction here, or it may not be the same — is a 1979 edition, see below.

It is interesting, to me anyway, that the write-up on the rear interior flap of the dust jacket, see below, refers to an earlier, shorter edition which apparently was abridged and edited to eliminate Keith's ungrammatical, conversational style. Since his idiosyncratic, ungrammatical, conversational style is surely one of the book's main charms, we are fortunate that his publisher thought to revise the earlier edition so that Keith would come across as he did in person, rather than as filtered through an editor.

Below, some photos of my copy. I post these pix to give people who have not read it a bit of information about what sort of book it is:









It is a wonderful read!

 

[old bear]

To the top.

 

[old bear]

I'm in for $115.00

De Oppresso liber

So far the kind winner.

 

[snafu177]

Lets do $120

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Just checked mine.
It is a First Edition, autographed to me by Elmer His Ownself.
If you are an Elmer Fan, Highly Recommend!

 

[boykinlp]

Just checked mine.
It is a First Edition, autographed to me by Elmer His Ownself.
If you are an Elmer Fan, Highly Recommend!

Wow, having a first edition is pretty cool, having it autographed is really nice, but having a first edition personally autographed by Elmer to YOU is AWESOME! How long have you had it, and how did you get it autographed, in person or by mail?
Larry

 

[CalifEd]

Lets do $120

I'll go $150