Men Without Women.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

Item Number: 120012

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.

The 14 stories in this early collection “are as clear and crisp and perfectly shaped as icicles, as sharp as splinters of glass. It is impossible to read them without realizing that seldom if ever before has a writer been able to cut so deeply into life” (Time). Included are “The Killers,” “Ten Indians,” “Today is Friday” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” First issue, printed on heavy stock (overall weight of 15-1/2 ounces). With four stories published for the first time. Hanneman A7a. Bruccoli & Clark I:178.