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Here is a 1st edition copy of Ernest Hemingway Death in the Afternoon that we sold:
Hemingway “Death in the Afternoon” Rare Book
First edition, first printing of “Death in the Afternoon” by Ernest Hemingway. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons: 1932. Hardcover rare book with first editing, first printing dustjacket. Classic bullfighting study as allegory for the transitory nature of life. Book, measuring 6.5″ x 9.25″, runs 518pp. Captivating frontispiece with tissue overlay of “The Bullfighter” by Cubist painter Juan Gris. Impressionistic Roberto Domingo dustjacket cover. Black cloth boards with gilt Hemingway signature bright, save for wear at bottom edge and wear to dustjacket edges. Bright interior. Near fine condition. Sold for $1,500.
The following are some additional Ernest Hemingway books we sold:
Ernest Hemingway Signed First Limited Edition of ”A Farewell to Arms” — Scarce in Original Slipcase
Ernest Hemingway signed limited first edition of his post-WWI classic, ”A Farewell to Arms”, housed in its original limited edition slipcase, with numbers matching. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Published on 27 September 1929 in a limited edition of 510 numbered copies, this being #214, signed boldly ”Ernest Hemingway” in black fountain pen. In matching slipcase with Charles Scribner’s Sons plate, again listing the limited edition as #214. Measures 6.5” x 9.5”. Some chipping to seams of slipcase, overall in very good condition. Chipping to spine label, otherwise book is near fine. Sold for $10,313.
Ernest Hemingway Signed “Men Without Women” — Dedicated in His Hand to the Son of Renowned Actress Helen Hayes
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. He published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two nonfiction works. Three of his novels, four short-story collections, and three nonfiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.
Ernest Hemingway signed “Men Without Women”, Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York: 1955. Hemingway’s autograph dedication to the front free endpaper is to the son of actress Helen Hayes and reads in full: “To Jim MacArthur / With best wishes from his friend / Ernest Hemingway / Finca Vigia / San Francisco de Paula / Cuba”. Hemingway’s short story collection is bound in oatmeal cloth boards with gilt lettering and black print to spine. Measures 5.25″ x 7.5″. Cocking to spine, mild sunning to backstrip and wear to spine ends, else near fine. From the estate of Helen Hayes. Sold for $8,160.
Ernest Hemingway signed presentation copy of ”The Old Man and the Sea”, the novel perhaps most responsible for Hemingway’s Nobel Prize in Literature awarded in 1954, the same year he signed this copy. Hemingway writes in bold blue ink, ”For Ian / with much affection / Ernest Hemingway. / Laitokotok 1954”. The recipient is Ian Richard Whichello, a policeman in Kenya at the time of the inscription, and the place, Laitokotok, is a town in Kenya near Amboselli National Park – the site of Mount Kilimanjaro, which Hemingway and his wife visited in January 1954. Shortly after this visit the Hemingways would survive two well-known plane crashes, after which Whichello might have attended to them, given the personal nature of the inscription here. Copy published in London by the Reprint Society, 1953, with decorative illustrations throughout including the large marlin on the endpapers. Bound in teal cloth boards with silver lettering and embellishments to boards. Measures 6.25” x 8.75”. Whichello’s name on front free endpaper, a bit of foxing to endpapers and minimal expert restoration to spine. A stunning copy in very good plus condition with a bold and interesting inscription by Hemingway. Sold for $7,500.
Ernest Hemingway ”For Whom The Bell Tolls” First Edition, First Printing — Signed by Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway signed ”For Whom The Bell Tolls,” Scribner’s: New York: 1940. First printing is indicated by Scribner’s ”A” printed to the copyright page. The Nobel Laureate author inscribes the front free endpaper: ”To F.C. Cleary With Very Best Wishes / Ernest Hemingway”. Hemingway was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for this novel, about a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. Bound in oatmeal cloth boards with red print block to spine. Runs 471pp. Measures 6” x 8.5”. Beneath the inscription, a discreet pencil notation reads ”12-17-40”. Toning to backstrip and endpapers with scratching to tail edge, else fine. Sold for $4,570.
Scarce ”Green Hills of Africa” Signed and Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway to His Friend, Clara Spiegel
Very rare Ernest Hemingway’s ”Green Hills of Africa” signed ”Papa” and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ”To Clara [Spiegel] who has seen and been in Africa / this attempt to do the same / with love Papa [underlined]”. A fellow author, Spiegel was a good friend of Hemingway’s with whom he socialized when he visited Sun Valley. Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York: 1953. In publisher’s original green cloth boards with front cover blindstamped and lettered in gilt. Also in original dustjacket, which has significant tears and a large portion of rear panel missing. Book measures 5.75” x 8.5” and is in very good condition. Sold for $3,049.
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