New York: Scribner’s, 1932. First Edition. Owner’s signature; offsetting on the endpapers from previously laid in newspaper clippings; in a very good dust jacket with a tape mend inside the top of the spine. Inscribed in 1933, opposite his pictures, by Sidney Franklin, the first American, as well as the first Jew, to bullfight in Spain.

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Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book by Ernest Hemingway about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting. It was originally published in 1932. The book provides a look at the history and magnificence of bullfighting, while also being a deeper contemplation on the nature of fear and courage. Any discussion concerning bullfighting would be incomplete without some mention of the controversy surrounding it. -

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Bookseller: Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34771P
Title: Death In The Afternoon
Author: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST
Book Condition: New First Edition. Owner’s signature; offsetting on the endpapers from previously laid in newspaper clippings; in a very good dust
Publisher: Scribner’s
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1932

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