Winner Take Nothing.
"Unlike all other forms of lutte or combat the conditions are that the winner shall take nothing; neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notions of glory; nor, if he win far enough, shall there be any reward within himself": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S WINNER TAKE NOTHING
Winner Take Nothing.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Item Number: 119861
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.
First edition, first printing of Hemingway’s third collection of short stories, with the Scribner’s ‘A’ to the copyright page. Octavo, original black cloth with bronze title labels to the spine and front panel, top edge red. In very good condition. A bright example.
Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers, the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent. Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on the raw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death. The characters, the dialogue, the settings, the remarkable insight could have come only from Hemingway's imagination. As an introduction to his work, or as an overview of the themes he developed at greater length in his novels, it is a stunningly successful collection.
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