Bright MetalнPoor Stars from the Hamburg/ESO Survey. I. Selection and Followнup Observations from 329 Fields Anna Frebel 1 , Norbert Christlieb 2 , John E. Norris 1 , Timothy C. Beers 3 , Michael S. Bessell 1 , Jaehon Rhee 4 , Cora Fechner 2 , Brian Marsteller 3 , Silvia Rossi 5 , Christopher Thom 6 , Lutz Wisotzki 7 , and Dieter Reimers 2 ABSTRACT We present a sample of 1777 bright (9 < B < 14) metalнpoor candidates seн lected from the Hamburg/ESO Survey (HES). Despite saturation e#ects present in the red