Winner Take Nothing.
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
8vo. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933. 8vo., [x], [1]-244 pp. Original black cloth with inlaid gold paper labels to upper board and backstrip, top-edge red, and original backstrip. Some minor chipping to jacket, otherwise a very good copy. § First edition, first printing, first issue jacket quoting Laurence Stallings's review of "Death in the Afternoon" on rear panel. Hemingway’s third collection of short stories, written during his Key West years, six of which are published here for the first time.
Synopsis
Winner Take Nothing is a 1933 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's third collection of short stories, it was published four years after his most recent novel, A Farewell to Arms (1929), and a year after the non-fiction book about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon (1932).
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108670
- Title
- Winner Take Nothing.
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
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San Francisco, California
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offers an exceptional selection of rare books and manuscripts from medieval times through the twentieth century; we specialize in illustrated material, particularly the work of William Blake and his circle. Located in downtown San Francisco, we have served an international clientele of private collectors, libraries, and institutions for 35 years. We are actively purchasing books and manuscripts in all fields, especially medieval illuminated and text manuscripts; material on California, Hawaii, and Pacific voyages; illustrated books and fine bindings from the 15th through the 20th century; and fine press printing. William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Frognall Dibdin remain special interests. We are members of the ABAA, ILAB, and PBFA, and we subscribe to the code of ethics endorsed by reputable antiquarian booksellers worldwide.
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