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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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"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: Garden City Publishing 1939.
First edition of the de luxe 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 a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 130768
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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": 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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"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 Scribner’s A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a good unrestored second-issue price-clipped dust jacket. Bookplate.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137027
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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 Modern Library Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Sun Also Rises.
New York: The Modern Library 1930.
First Modern Library edition of Hemingway’s first major novel. Octavo, bound in original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. New introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145834
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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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“Any man's life, told truly, is a novel”: Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon; Finely Bound by Zaehnsdorf
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
Death in the Afternoon.
Charles Scribner's Sons: New York 1932.
Early printing of Hemingway’s work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the spine, front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 108979
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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; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.
The Garden of Eden.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1986.
First edition of this classic novel by Hemingway. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140036