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"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea; Finely Bound
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Old Man and the Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons 1952.
First edition of Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 129871
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“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before": First Edition of Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls; Finely Bound In Full Morocco by Asprey
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940.
First edition with the Scribners A on the copyright page of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, single gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 128561
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First Edition Of Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills Of Africa
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Green Hills of Africa.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935.
First edition of Hemingway’s second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. A nice example.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 127811
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"SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, IT IS A GRAND SPORT": FIRST EDITION OF S. KIP FARRINGTON, JR.'S ATLANTIC GAME FISHING; INSCRIBED BY HIM to the editor of Field & Stream
FARRINGTON, S. KIP. INTRODUCTION BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Atlantic Game Fishing.
New York: Kennedy Bros., Inc., Publishers of Yachting 1937.
First trade edition of Farrington’s classic work on Atlantic game fishing, with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs and color illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt including frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For Ray Holland one of the best editors in the game, and as good a sportsman as there is in the world, and the last goes also for Dan who will soon rank with the old man on the first. With my very best wishes to you both. S. Kip Farrington Dec. 22nd 1937.” The recipient, Ray Holland, was the former editor of Field & Stream Magazine and author of several books on the outdoors. In near fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126491
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"This little book has more artistic dignity than any other book that has been written by an American about the period of the war": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S IN OUR TIME, ONE OF ONLY 170 COPIES PRINTED at the Three Mountains Press and for sale at Shakespeare and Company
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
In Our Time.
Printed at the Three Mountains Press and for sale at Shakespeare & Company: Paris 1924.
First edition of Hemingway’s second published work, one of 170 numbered copies printed on Rives hand-made paper, this is number 90. Quarto, original tan printed boards with black lettering and publisher’s device printed over a collage of red-lettered facsimile newspaper items, woodcut frontispiece portrait of Hemingway from a portrait by Henry Strater, all edges uncut. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase with splitting to the chemise. One of Hemingway’s rarest books, second only to Three Stories and Ten Poems both because of the limited number of copies printed and its fragile nature. A superior example.
Price: $80,000.00 Item Number: 125303
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"THE CLENCHED FIST OF REPUBLICAN SPAIN": Rare First edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway's The Spanish Earth
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Spanish Earth.
Cleveland: The J. B. Savage Company 1938.
First edition, first issue of Hemingway’s commentary for the classic 1937 Joris Ivens film depicting the horrors of the Spanish Civil War; one of between 50 and 100 copies issued with the pictorial F.A.I. banner endpapers. Octavo, original tan cloth printed in black and orange, illustrated by Frederick K. Russell. One of 1000 numbered copies, this is copy number 29. Introduction by Jasper Wood. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 124238
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“ANY MAN'S LIFE, TOLD TRULY, IS A NOVEL": Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon; inscribed by him to his secretary
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Death in the Afternoon.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1948.
Early printing of Hemingway’s masterwork on bullfighting. Octavo, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Hemingway on the front free endpaper, “For Nita with regards and affection (Ernest Hemingway) Mr. Papa. Finca Vigía – SF. de Paula 22/7/49.” The recipient, Juanita “Nita” Jensen was Hemingway’s secretary at his home in the San Francisco de Paula Ward of Havana, Finca Vigia, from 1949 to 1952. While working as a secretary at the American embassy in Havana, Nita received government clearance to moonlight as a part-time secretary for Hemingway, typing the majority of his letters between 1949 and 1952. In 1952, she married diplomatic officer Walter Houk at Finca Vigía. In addition to hosting the wedding, Hemingway gave away the bride and cosigned the necessary legal paperwork and the couple became frequent visitors of the finca, often accompanying Hemingway on fishing trips aboard the Pilar and visits to his favorite local bar, the Floridita. Very good in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. An exceptional association.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 124152
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"If he lived by a lie he should try to die by it": Rare original lobby card poster for the 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro
[HEMINGWAY, ERNEST; GREGORY PECK; SUSAN HAYWARD; AVA GARDNER].
Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro Theatre Lobby Card Poster.
: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. 1952.
Rare original lobby card poster for the 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro produced exclusively for display in theatres. One page, printed in color, featuring a still from the film of Peck and Hawyard embracing. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124199
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"Seriously, though, it is a grand sport": De Luxe First edition of S. Kip Farrington, Jr.'s Atlantic Game Fishing
FARRINGTON, S. KIPP. INTRODUCTION BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Atlantic Game Fishing.
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. 1939.
The De Luxe first edition of Farrington’s classic work on Atlantic game fishing, with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs and color illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt including frontispiece. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 123399
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940.
First edition with the Scribners A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a very good second issue dust jacket which has had some restoration to the extremities.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126781
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“To show his nervousness was not shameful; only to admit it": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON; FINELY BOUND
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Death in the Afternoon.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1932.
First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Ernest Hemingway to the front panel, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122893
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940.
First edition with the Scribners A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a good first issue dust jacket without the photographer’s name on the rear panel.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 125811
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Finely Bound Rare First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1926.
First edition of Hemingway’s first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Hemingway to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 122368
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"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated": Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea; Inscribed by Him to one of his oldest friends Waldo Peirce's Daughter
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Old Man and the Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons 1952.
First edition, early printing of Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Karen from her friend Ernest Hemingway.” The recipient was the daughter of Waldo Peirce, one of Hemingway’s oldest friends. After WWI had come to an end, Peirce befriended Hemingway in Europe and the two traveled together to various continental locations, in particular Spain. In 1937, Peirce painted a portrait of Hemingway which appeared on the cover of the October 18th issue of Time Magazine. Peirce was once called “the Ernest Hemingway of American painters.” To that he replied, “They’ll never call Ernest Hemingway the Waldo Peirce of American writers.” Laid in is a letter of provenance signed by and in Karen Pierce’s hand dated Sept. 6, 2007, “When I was 10 years old, Ernest Hemingway came to our house in Tucson, Arizona, to visit my father, Waldo Peirce. He signed a book for everyone in the family, and I got The Old Man and the Sea. Karen Peirce.” Near fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket with light rubbing, newspaper clipping to the half-title page. Photograph of Hemingway by Lee Samuels. An exceptional example. Signed examples of this work are uncommon, presentation copies even more so, particularly with such noted provenance.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 121346
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"I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce": First Edition of Across the River and Into the Trees
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Across the River and Into the Trees.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1950.
First edition of Hemingway’s first novel since For Whom the Bell Tolls. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by A. Ivancich. Jacket photograph by Paul Radkai.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 126399
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First Edition Of Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills Of Africa
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Green Hills of Africa.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935.
First edition of Hemingway’s second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. A nice example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 121993
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“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before": First Indian edition of Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd. 1944.
First Indian edition of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Ownership name.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126595
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“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
A Farewell to Arms.
London: Jonathan Cape 1929.
First edition of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. First printing with ‘seriosu’ for ‘serious’ on page 66. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126544
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940.
First edition with the Scribners A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good first issue dust jacket without the photographer’s name on the rear panel. With a memorandum notecard from Ernest Hemingway laid in.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120189
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“Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
To Have and Have Not.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1937.
First edition of Hemingway’s classic novel about smuggling, intrigue, and love. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Neely. Photograph of Hemingway on the rear panel of the dust jacket by Joris Ivens taken in Spain.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 120871
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“To show his nervousness was not shameful; only to admit it": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON; FINELY BOUND
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Death in the Afternoon.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1932.
First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, Hemingway signature in gilt to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 120841
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First edition of Hokum: A Play in Three Acts; one of 73 copies hors-commerce
MCNEIL, MORRIS [MORRIS S. MUSSELMAN] AND APPARENTLY ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Hokum: A Play in Three Acts.
Wellesley Hills: The Sans Souci Press 1978.
First edition, first printing of what is rumored to be Hemingway’s first book, from the original typescript dated 1921 (which precedes the publication of Three Stories and Ten Poems in 1923) and published for the first time in 1978. Octavo, original off-white buckram, antique green endpapers, title page in green and black. One of 73 copies hors-commerce numbered 1-73, this is number 24. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in the original antique green slipcase which is in fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 120983
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“If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Islands In The Stream.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1970.
First edition of Hemingway’s autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. Octavo, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 89058
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Rare First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1926.
First edition of Hemingway’s first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 119154
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“Any man's life, told truly, is a novel": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Death in the Afternoon.
Charles Scribner's Sons: New York 1932.
First edition of Hemingway’s early work on bullfighting. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece by Juan Gris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips. Jacket illustration by Roberto Domingo.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119227
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“Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
To Have and Have Not.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1937.
First edition of Hemingway’s classic novel about smuggling, intrigue, and love. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Neely. Photograph of Hemingway on the rear panel of the dust jacket by Joris Ivens taken in Spain. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 118372
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First Edition Of Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills Of Africa
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Green Hills of Africa.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935.
First edition of Hemingway’s second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 118564
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"I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce": First Edition of Across the River and Into the Trees
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Across the River and Into the Trees.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1950.
First edition of Hemingway’s first novel since For Whom the Bell Tolls. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by A. Ivancich. Jacket photograph by Paul Radkai.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 118363
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940.
First edition with the Scribners A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket without the photographer’s name on the rear panel with light shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 116244
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"I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce": First Edition of Across the River and Into the Trees
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Across the River and Into the Trees.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1950.
First edition of Hemingway’s first novel since For Whom the Bell Tolls. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by A. Ivancich. Jacket photograph by Paul Radkai. A nice example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121949