HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner's, 1932.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $750
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Lot Description
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner's, 1932.
8vo. Frontispiece by Juan Gris; numerous photographic plates. Original publisher's black cloth (very slightly rubbed on bottom edge, slight bump to lower cover; original dust jacket (restored with portions recolored and some work in facsimile, short closed tear along front flap fold).
FIRST EDITION, published when Hemingway was in his early thirties and living in Key West. The book "represents the author at his best, first as a writer and second as someone who was never satisfied with knowing only a little about his subject but who always dug deeply until he had both the essence and the smallest details" (Charles M. Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z. New York, 1999, p. 74). Hanneman A10a.
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