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The First Forty-Nine Stories (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series)
by HEMINGWAY, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Leather. A deluxe leatherbound Franklin Library reprint edition of Ernest Hemingway's famous collection of his first 49 short stories. Includes his "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "Big Two-Hearted River" (both I & II); and many more. Includes a brief preface by the author. Includes illustrations by Bernard Fuchs and a painted portrait of Hemingway by Peter Caras near front of volume. Issued as an entry in the publisher's Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet is included. --- Bound in rich full burgundy bonded leather covers with two raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Burgundy silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A Near Fine copy with a spot of lighter toning than surrounding leather color at head spine and slight scratching to textblock fore-edge gilding, else bright, newish and tightly-bound. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (16), 547 pages .
Synopsis
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories is an anthology of writings by Ernest Hemingway published in 1938. It contains Hemingway's only full-length play, The Fifth Column, and 49 short stories. Many of the stories of the collection exist in other collections, including In Our Time, Men Without Women, Winner Take Nothing, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87259
- Title
- The First Forty-Nine Stories (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series)
- Author
- HEMINGWAY, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1979
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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