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True at First Light.
by Ernest Hemingway:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 043400832X
- ISBN 13
- 9780434008322
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1999. First UK edition (ie first impression of the UK edition), hardback. 8vo (24cm by 16cm), 320pp. Edited with an introduction by Patrick Hemingway. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. There is some tanning of the text block, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 043400832X
Synopsis
Both revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer. The book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession and Ernest becomes involved with a young African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Increasingly enchanted by the local African community, he struggles between the attraction of these two women and the wildly different cultures they represent. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparallel beauty of the landscape. Rich in laughter, beauty and profound insight. True at First Light is an extraordinary publishing event -- a breathtaking final work from one of our most beloved and important writers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76412
- Title
- True at First Light.
- Author
- Ernest Hemingway:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 043400832X
- ISBN 13
- 9780434008322
- Publisher
- London: William Heinemann, 1999.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1999
Terms of Sale
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We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- Dustwrapper
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