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  • First edition of Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions; From the collection of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership inscriptions to each volume

    HARRIS, FRANK. [ERNEST HEMINGWAY].

    Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions.

    New York: Printed and Published by the Author 1918.

    First edition of Shaw’s appreciation of Wilde. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership name and address to the pastedown of each volume, “Ernest Hemingway Windemere Walloon Lake Michigan” and additional ownership name to volume one, “Hemingway.” Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent suburb just west of Chicago about which resident Frank Lloyd Wright said, “So many churches for so many good people to go to.” He was the second child of Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician, and Grace Hall Hemingway, a musician. Each summer the family traveled to Windemere, a cottage designed by Hemingway’s mother, on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan. There young Ernest joined his father and learned to hunt, fish, and camp in the woods and lakes of Northern Michigan, early experiences that instilled a life-long passion for outdoor adventure and living in remote or isolated areas. Hemingway spent every summer at Windemere (from 1900 – 1920, save 1918) and he and his first wife, Hadley, honeymooned in the cottage in 1921. Hemingway returned to the cottage only once more in his life, in the early 1950s, despite the fact that his mother willed it to him upon her death. Hemingway used the northern Michigan setting in a number of his works, most featuring his character Nick Adams. The cottage appears in “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife,” “Ten Indians,” “The Indians Moved Away,” “The Last Good Country,” and “Wedding Day.” In very good condition, the books were heavily read by young Hemingway. From the library of Ernest Hemingway by way of Hadley Hemingway. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Very rare and highly desirable.

    Price: $25,000.00     Item Number: 141864

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  • Max Beerbohm's And Even Now; From the personal collection of young Ernest Hemingway

    BEERBOHM, MAX. [ERNEST HEMINGWAY].

    And Even Now.

    London: William Heinemann 1921.

    Second printing of Beerbohm’s critically praised book of essays, from the collection of Ernest Hemingway with his ownership signature, and later that of his first wife Hadley. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth and paper spine label. From the personal collection of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper, “Ernest M. Hemingway” and his annotations in pencil on the opening chapter half-title and final page, bookseller ticket to the pastedown, “Fanny Butcher Books 75 East Adams Street Chicago.” Hemingway stopped signing with his middle initial early in his writing career, this, his personal copy of one of Beerbohm’s most highly praised works was heavily read by Hemingway and very influential on his early, economical writing style. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent suburb just west of Chicago. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park from 1913 until 1917 and, after being rejected by the U.S. Army for poor eyesight following his graduation, responded to a Red Cross recruitment effort and signed on to be an ambulance driver in Italy. After being seriously wounded by mortar fire in Italy, Hemingway returned home and fell in love with his first wife, Hadley Richardson. They were married on September 3, 1921 and soon moved to Paris where Hemingway was hired as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star. In Paris, Hemingway would write and publish his first collections of short stories, Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923) and In Our Time (1925), and first novel, The Sun Also Rises (1926), which epitomized the post-war expatriate generation and is recognized as his “greatest work” (Myers, 192). Hemingway divorced Hadley in 1927 to marry his second wife, Pauline. From the collection of Ernest Hemingway, and later Hadley Richardson. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Scarce and highly desirable.

    Price: $15,000.00     Item Number: 141576

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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; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY

    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, 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: $1,500.00     Item Number: 140288

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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

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  • First Edition of Ernest Hemingway’s Classic Novel A Farewell To Arms; In the Original First State Dust Jacket

    HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.

    A Farewell To Arms.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929.

    First edition of this Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine first state dust jacket with the misspelling “Katharine Barclay” in the blurb on the front flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example.

    Price: $4,800.00     Item Number: 139430

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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. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed by Hemingway.

    Price: $7,800.00     Item Number: 117657

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  • “Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway’s Classic Novel A Farewell To Arms; Warmly Inscribed by Him in the year of publication

    HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.

    A Farewell To Arms.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929.

    First edition, first issue of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Eleanor Havre from her friend Ernest Hemingway Paris October 18 1929.” Near fine in a very good first state dust jacket with the misspelling “Katharine Barclay” in the blurb on the front flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.

    Price: $40,000.00     Item Number: 138836

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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: $2,500.00     Item Number: 138087

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  • First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Winner Take Nothing

    HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.

    Winner Take Nothing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933.

    First edition of Hemingway’s third collection of short stories. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket, bookplate.

    Price: $1,500.00     Item Number: 138079

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  • First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories

    HEMINGWAY, ERNEST.

    The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, Including: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Capital of the World, Old Man at the Bridge and Up in Michigan.

    New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1938.

    First edition of this collection of stories by Hemingway, which contains his only full-length play. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neely. A very sharp example.

    Price: $2,750.00     Item Number: 138080

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