Three Stories and Ten Poems by Hemingway, Ernest - 1923

Paris: Contact Publishing, 1923 First edition of the author's first book, limited to only 300 copies. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. An attractive, unrestored copy with some toning to the spine, a few minor spots to wrappers, spine slightly chipped, else a very good to near fine copy. Housed in a custom quarter leather case. This is Hemingway's first published work and his first collection of short stories. Before its publication, many of the manuscripts originally intended to be included were lost by his wife, Hadley Richardson, at the Gare de Lyon train station. Two of the stories published in the collection were the only ones that were not lost.. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good.