HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Green Hills of Africa. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
8vo. (Slight marginal toning.) Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black (slight rubbing to extremities, minor soiling to sheet edges); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping and creasing, slight soiling, spine panel darkened); slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with Scribner’s "A" and seal on copyright page. Divided into 4 parts, Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's account of big-game hunting in Tanzania in East Africa during 1933, and is his second work of nonfiction. Hanneman A13a; Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z, pp.129-131.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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