Hemingway, Ernest
Rare books by Ernest Hemingway, including first editions and signed and finely bound copies.
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was an American novelist and war correspondent famous for the stark realism of his work. Raised in Illinois, he served as an ambulance driver on the Italian front during the First World War and then became a foreign correspondent in Paris. There he joined the “Lost Generation” of artists and writers and in 1923 published his first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems. His journalistic training and admiration of modernists such as James Joyce and T. S. Eliot led him to develop a spare and deceptively simple prose style that belied the complex emotional layering of his novels and short stories. His love of the wilderness and big game hunting provided a hyper-masculine framework for much of his oeuvre, and experiences overseas and in wartime conditions inspired such classics as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Hemingway’s bibliography is particularly complex, and careful attention must be paid to the issue points of his first editions.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Sun Also Rises. 1926
£125,000
First edition, first printing, first issue text, in first issue dust jacket, inscribed by Hemingway: "To Cuyler Stevens with all best wishes Ernest Hemingway" and with Stevens's...
Octavo. Original black cloth, gold paper title label to upper board and spine printed in black. With the pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a black quarter morocco drop... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Three Stories & Ten Poems. 1923
£62,500
First edition, sole printing. Apparently one of 300 copies. The author's first book. A signed presentation copy inscribed on the second blank leaf, "To Don Marquis from Ernest...
Octavo. Original blue/grey wrappers printed in black. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Contents very lightly toned,... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
In Our Time. 1924
£18,750
First edition sole printing of Hemingway's second book. One of a total edition of 170 numbered copies. In Our Time earned Hemingway a place beside Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude...
Quarto. Original decorated tan boards, titles printed in black over a collage design printed in red. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Henry Strater. Browning to... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Green Hills of Africa. 1935
£17,500
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Archie and Ada With love from Pappy", and with the ownership...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt on a black ground, facsimile signature to upper board gilt. With the supplied dust jacket. Housed in a quarter black... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Inscribed photographic portrait of Hemingway holding a black Persian kitten. 1950
£12,500
An unusually intimate image in uncommonly large format. With Hemingway's magnificent presentation inscription on the white portion of his shirt, "To Alfred Rice from his friend,...
13 × 11 ins, original monochrome print from the negative. With the photographer's stamp on the verso. Glazed and framed. Fine. Read more
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
[The Prominent Novels and Short Stories.] 1925 - 1986
£12,500
With the exception of Three Stories & Ten Poems they are all first editions, first printings. Three Stories & ten Poems was first published in 1923 with a limited print run of only...
17 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. The occasional minor... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Across the River and Into the Trees. 1950
£12,500
First edition, first printing, one of only 24 copies in the presentation binding. With a hand-written note tipped-in on the rear free endpaper signed by Charles Scribner and listing...
Octavo. Publisher's presentation binding of blue cloth, titles and horizontal ruling to spine and author's name to upper board gilt. In a blue half morocco solander... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell to Arms. 1929
£11,000
First edition, first printing, large paper issue being one of 510 numbered copies signed by Hemingway. A superior example of an impressive and somewhat vulnerable production.
Octavo. Original japon-backed blue paper boards, with gilt lettered black leather lettering label, top edge trimmed with the other edges uncut, original glassine... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Autograph letter and envelope signed to Philip W. Bonsal – "Dear Bonzal (Bonz / Bonzo / Phillip)". 1933
£8,500
An excellent letter discussing bullfighting in considerable detail: "The feria at Salamanca has three corridas starting the 12th of September with bulls of Juan Cobaleda for Vicente...
A4 paper with the letterhead of the Hotel Ambros Mundos. Written in black ink on both sides. Complete with the envelope. Envelope addressed by Hemingway and signed by... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
For Whom the Bell Tolls. 1940
£6,000
First edition, first printing, in the second issue dust jacket with the photographer's credit.
Octavo. Original light brown cloth, titles to spine black on red ground and to upper board in black, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Housed in a black cloth... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
For Whom The Bell Tolls. 1940
£6,000
Second printing. With the author's signed presentation to the front free endpaper, "For Hal Sweet wishing him all the best always Ernest Hemingway Hong Kong March 17/ 1941". With the...
Octavo. Original oatmeal cloth, titles to spine in black on a red ground. With a first issue dust jacket supplied from another copy. Contents a little toned,... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell to Arms. 1929
£4,750
First edition, first printing, first issue and in the first state dust jacket with the reading "Katharine Barclay" in the blurb on the front flap.
Octavo. Original black cloth, printed gold labels to spine and upper board. With the dust jacket. Bookplate. Minor bumps to top edge of upper board, contents lightly... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
For Whom the Bell Tolls. 1940
£3,750
Second edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Larry French with all best wishes from his friend Ernest Hemingway". French (1907–1987) was an American...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to spine in black on red ground, red top-stain. Bookplate. Some light spotting to binding and toned endpapers, lettering to spine... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell to Arms. 1929
£3,750
First Edition, First Printing, First Issue. A really nice copy of one of Hemingway's best loved and most enduring novels.
Octavo, Original black cloth, paper title label to spine and upper board printed in black on a gold ground. With the pictorial dust jacket. An excellent copy in the... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
In Our Time. 1930
£3,250
Second US edition (revised) of Hemingway's first collection of stories, originally published in Paris in 1924, substantially revised for the Boni & Liveright edition of 1925, and...
Octavo. Original black cloth, gold labels to spine and cover. With the dust jacket. Three pages poorly opened with some marginal loss but a very good copy in the... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
To Have and Have Not. 1937
£3,250
First edition, first printing. A beautiful copy.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt on green ground and to upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Contents faintly toned. A superb copy in the dust... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Sun Also Rises. 1926
£3,000
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Torrents of Spring. 1926
£3,000
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to upper board and spine in red. With the dust jacket. One corner bumped but a very good copy in the tanned and lightly marked... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. 1938
£3,000
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt on black ground, author's name to upper board in black. With the dust jacket. Housed in a brown cloth slipcase.... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon. 1932
£3,000
First Edition.
Octavo.Original black cloth, with gilt title and decoration on spine and the author's signature in gilt to front board. Complete with the original decorated dust... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
In Our Time. Stories. 1926
£2,750
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US in the previous year.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in white. With the dust jacket. Spine a little rolled, repaired tears to pages 243/44 and 245/46. An excellent copy in... Read more
(HEMINGWAY) GENTY, Ch.
Le Cercle Enchante. Scenes de la Vie du Boxeur. 1924
£2,750
First edition, first printing, one of 925 numbered copies (of a total edition of 976). With the signed presentation inscription to the half-title, "To Ernest Hemingway from Harold...
Quarto. Original cream wrappers printed in black and red. Housed in a black cloth solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. 12 hand-coloured compositions. Loose in the... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Green Hills of Africa. 1935
£2,750
First edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket with the wider variant green band which obscures some of the text.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt on a black ground, facsimile signature to upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. In a quarter morocco slip case.... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell to Arms. 1929
£2,750
First edition, first printing, first issue and in the first state dust jacket with the reading "Katharine Barclay" in the blurb on the front flap.
Octavo. Original black cloth, paper title label to spine and upper board printed in black on a gold ground. With the pictorial dust jacket. An excellent copy in the... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Fifth Column. A Play in Three Acts. 1940
£2,250
First separate edition, first printing. Originally published in 1938 in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. This is the original version as written by Hemingway,...
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board in red. With the dust jacket. Endpapers partially tanned. An excellent copy in the nicked and tanned... Read more
