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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 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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“I CAN'T STAND IT TO THINK MY LIFE IS GOING SO FAST AND I'M NOT REALLY LIVING IT”: First edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises; with an autograph letter signed by Scribner's editor Maxwell Perkins who fought for the book's publication
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. [MAXWELL PERKINS].
The Sun Also Rises.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1926.
First edition, first printing of Hemingway’s first major novel with with the misprint “stoppped” on page 181 line 26. Octavo, original black cloth with bronze paper labels to the spine and front panel. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by American editor Maxwell Perkins on Charles Scribner’s Sons letterhead. Best remembered for discovering authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and James Jones, Maxwell Perkins met Hemingway through F. Scott Fitzgerald after facilitating the publication of Fitzgerald’s debut novel, This Side of Paradise. It was Perkins who fought for the publication of Hemingway’s first major novel, The Sun Also Rises, in 1926 in the wake of objections to Hemingway’s profanity raised by traditionalists in the firm. The commercial success of Hemingway’s next novel in 1929, A Farewell to Arms, which topped the best-seller list, silenced colleagues’ questions about Perkins’ editorial judgment. In very good condition with rubbing and wear to the paper spine label. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 121743
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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
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, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, single gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Hemingway to the front panel, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 121229
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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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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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"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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"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
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, original blue cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Photograph of Hemingway by Lee Samuels. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120906
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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 Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column and Four Unpublished Stories of the Spanish Civil War
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Fifth Column and Four Unpublished Stories of the Spanish Civil War.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1969.
First edition of this collection of Hemingway’s stories of the Spanish Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michele Maldeau.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 115320
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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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Rare African hunting rifle from the collection of Ernest Hemingway; obtained by him in Africa and later gifted to his best friend and biographer A.E. Hotchner
[HEMINGWAY, ERNEST; A.E. HOTCHNER].
Ernest Hemingway African Hunting Rifle.
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Rare African hunting rifle from the collection of Ernest Hemingway; obtained by him in Africa and later gifted to his best friend and biographer A.E. Hotchner. The African musket-rifle measures 5 feet in length and is elaborately decorated with intricately hammered beaded and etched metal wrappings and garnet gemstones. Hemingway began collecting guns at the age of 10 when his grandfather gave him a 20 gauge shotgun. Throughout his lifetime he bought, sold, and gifted several guns from his collection and was often photographed proudly displaying a variety of rifles while bird and big-game hunting in Idaho and Africa. The present rifle was obtained during Hemingway’s 1953-1954 winter safari trip to Africa with his fourth wife Mary, during which they survived two near-fatal plane crashes and were for several weeks presumed dead. Hemingway later gifted the gun to his closest friend and biographer A.E. Hotchner. The gun is accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Timothy Hotchner, A.E. Hotchner’s son, which reads in part, “This item was given to my father by Ernest Hemingway in his youth. My father met “Papa” in 1948 and remained close friends with him… until Hemingway’s death in 1966. Hemingway was very connected to Africa, and several of his writings were influenced by the time he spent there including Green Hills of Africa, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, and his classic work, The Snows of Kilimanjaro… My father proudly displayed this gun in his study, where he would tell people, including me, about its storied history. He liked to say that it probably took two people to fire it: one to pull the trigger and the other to have the barrel rested on his shoulder. My father had many keepsakes from Hemingway, including letters, photos, and matador outfits, which he sold over many years. However, this gun was perhaps his favorite, and he kept it until his death.” In very good condition. From the collection of A.E. Hotchner. Exceedingly rare with exceptional provenance.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 117552
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First Edition of Ernest Hemingway, Dateline: Toronto
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Ernest Hemingway, Dateline: Toronto: Hemingway’s Complete Toronto Star Dispatches 1920-1924.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1985.
First edition of this collection of pieces by the author of The Sun Also Rises. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dick Adelson. Edited by William White.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 120982
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“When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Garden of Eden.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1986.
First edition of this posthumous novel by Hemingway. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 120321
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Ernest Hemingway’s Classic Novel A Farewell To Arms; Signed by Sean Hemingway
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
A Farewell To Arms.
New York: Scribner 2005.
Early printing of the re-issue of this Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Sean Hemingway on a bookplate attached to the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With a new introduction by Sean Hemingway. With a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119782
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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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“The road of the pass was hard and smooth and not yet dusty in the early morning": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Men Without Women.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1927.
First edition of this collection of Hemingway’s stories—“as sharp as splinters of glass” (Time). Octavo, original black cloth, gold paper labels, illustrated endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 120012
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“When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve": First edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
A Farewell To Arms.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929.
First edition of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original black cloth and bronze title labels to the spine and front panel. With the legal disclaimer on the verso of the dedication page. In very good condition with the front panel of a facsimile dust jacket adhered to the front pastedown and newspaper clippings regarding the work and its author adhered to the front a rear endleaves.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 119033
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"This is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
A Moveable Feast.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1964.
First edition with “A-3.64[H]” present on copyright page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting of Pont Neuf, Paris by Hildegard Rath. A nice example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 120767
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"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self": The Complete Works of Ernest Hemingway
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Complete Set of the Works of Ernest Hemingway.
Westport, CT: Easton Press 1999.
Finely bound set of the works of Ernest Hemingway. Octavo, 20 volumes, bound in brown leather, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, with embossed image to front boards (each with a different image relevant to the work). In fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117634
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First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls; Signed by Ernest Hemingway
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940.
First edition, early printing of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ernest Hemingway. Near fine in an excellent near fine first issue dust jacket without the photographer’s name to the rear panel. Rare and desirable signed by Hemingway.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 117657
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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.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1932.
First edition, first issue of Hemingway’s early work on bullfighting with the Scribner’s ‘A’ to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated with photographs. In near fine condition. With an original 1959 bullfighting flyer from Madrid laid in. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 120109
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"This is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
A Moveable Feast.
London: Jonathan Cape 1964.
First English edition of this work Hemingway. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hans Tisdall. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 117656
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First edition of Ernest Hemingway's True at First Light
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK HEMINGWAY.
True at First Light: A Fictional Memoir.
New York: Scribner 1999.
First edition of Hemingway’s chronicle of his final African safari. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joan Baron. Author photograph by Earl Theisen.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 115909
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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
