Presented by Ben Houston of Peter Harrington Rare Books.
First edition, number 68 of 170 copies. Hemingway’s second book, published in an edition of only 170 copies, being the final part of a series of books published by the Three Mountains Press under the editorship of Ezra Pound, entitled ‘The Inquest into the state of contemporary English prose’.
The fragile nature of this production means copies have not generally worn well, so copies as well preserved as this, particularly in the original glassine, are very seldom encountered.
PROVENANCE: Lester Douglas (American book designer, bookplate to front pastedown).
