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Hanneman A16a.īook fine only lightest edge-wear to nearly pristine about-fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing: with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page. To critics, The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories is electrified 'by the dominating presence of the author, who is to be found alive on every page… This is immediate, unmistakable Hemingway' ( New York Times). Especially notable are classics such as: 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,' 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro,' 'The Killers,' and 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.' His play, The Fifth Column opened in January 1940 at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, and later at New York's Alvin Theatre (Grissom A.16.1.d). Also included are all of his previously published stories written to date, along with four uncollected stories. This early and important Hemingway collection features his only full-length play, inspired by his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, with a heroine clearly based on fellow journalist Martha Gellhorn, his future wife. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase.įirst edition, featuring the first printing of Hemingway's only full-length play and his 'first 49 stories,' a splendid copy. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. VERY HARD TO FIND THIS FIRST EDITION WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.'THIS IS IMMEDIATE, UNMISTAKABLE HEMINGWAY': FIRST EDITION OF HEMINGWAY'S THE FIFTH COLUMN AND THE FIRST FORTY-NINE STORIES Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. 284 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1942 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. It is very bright and clean with $1.45 price present on inside flap.

GORGEOUS!! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with the slightest of chipping at extremities.

Book is NEAR FINE binding solid and tight with minimal shelf wear, bright red top stain perfect, gilt bright and nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. The book is bound in blue/grey cloth type G4 binding with plain end papers. This is a Modern Library Giant edition, number G59.

FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1942 stated. RARE 1942 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN AMAZING NEAR FINE CONDTION! The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.

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