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Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$22.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 295 pp. B&W illustration in text. Creasing to joints and covers, spots of wear to extremities, staining to rear cover. Stain to tail edge of first few pages. Constructed like a novel and written with the same artistic intent this account of a month of big-game hunting in Africa has the freshness and immediacy of a vivid personal experience.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: For sale is a brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket for the 1st Edition of Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway. No book is included in this listing, however we may have the original book available for sale in our store under a different listing. Please view our other facsimile dust jackets being offered for sale. All jackets come in a brand new brodart mylar protective sleeve. We offer the highest quality and least expensive facsimile (reproduction) dust jackets currently available anywhere. Our jackets are beautifully crafted by a graphic design expert. These dust jackets are offered for research, archival, and preservation purposes. All jackets are labeled as facsimiles on the front or rear flap. Funding to be used for future acquisition and preservation of dust jacket art. Please check back often, as we plan on adding new jackets weekly.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$48.95 + shipping
Description: Good+ in wraps. Creasing on panel corners and spine. Foxing on rear panel and top text block edge. Shelfwear on panels and spine.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: True 1st printing with letter "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright page. An altogether decent copy, lacking the dustjacket and from the American Merchant Marine Library Association. Bears 3 inoffensive stamps stating such - two on the endpapers and one on the full title page. Oddly, there may be evidence here that this was removed from said library in the year of publication, owing to a short and neat gift dedication also on the front free endpaper which is dated 1935. Besides those, no marks to interior, which is clean and with a bit of age toning. Small bit of soiling to the rear free endpaper. Binding is sturdy, though the rear gutter is starting, about 3" along the seam from the top and about 2" up from the bottom, still very well intact. Moisture stain to covers at front and back boards, not to be found at interior of the book at all. Cloth on spine is darkened from tobacco smoke and there is a faint but negligible odor. Some offset toning to the front board, where the authors name is still bright in gilt. Small brown stain a few inches below gilt. Softening to cloth at crown and foot of spine, with a teeny bit of loss each, but overall solid. Some wear to cloth at the bottom edges of the boards and some wear at the corner tips. Somewhat rubbed at the corner tips of the pages visible from the outer block only. A decent overall copy.
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner, 1935.
Price: US$131.55 + shipping
Description: (TC11) - New York - Decorations by Edward Shenton - Contiene 295 páginas - Rústico - Tapas levemente desgastadas - Buen estado
Seller: LIBROS EL CID CAMPEADOR, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, 1935.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: The cover has lime green cloth with a black title block. Spine strip: The cloth has turned brown and has a linear stain. The bottom end has a piece missing; the top edge is frayed. The bottom end of the front board has stains. The back board has a frayed corner and a few, light stains. The text block ends have darkened. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is gilt-stamped on an inset medium green title piece. The case is finished inside & out in black cloth & forest green Nuba® with antelope head design 'Sculpted' on the side. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. An excellent Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles including many Hemingway titles. Custom Craft available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing with "A" to copyright page. 295pp, octavo hardcover in green cloth, black title blocks to spine. fading to book spine, fading and minor foxing to book cover edges, light darkening to book edges, binding strong and solid, light foxing to endpapers, text clean.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway; Edward Shenton [illus.]. Green Hills Of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charles Scribners Sons; New York, 1935. Hardcover. First Edition (with letter A and seal on copyright page). A Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding intact, heavily sunned spine and board edges, moderate handling/scuffing and soiling to boards, moisture stain top spine and partially top rear board buckram, deckle fore-edge, age toning to pages, some board corner and spine edge wear, few small scratch marks with small abrasions to spine buckram, bit musty odor, small moisture stain mid front pastedown and mid front free endpaper near fore-edge, small moisture stain top rear pastedown near hinge, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, small soiled spot bottom text block edge, small moisture stain verso rear free endpaper near fore-edge, small moisture stain top inner text block edge and partially on pages, without Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 295pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway; Edward Shenton [illus.]. Green Hills Of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, second printing without the Scribner's A on the copyright page. Lacking dust jacket. Green cloth cover shows minor wear and fading. Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In First Ed. lit shelf behind counter. The cover has a small smudges near the front cover hinge, but not affecting any legibility. The top and bottom edges of the spine are bumped with the spine itself being sunned, but not affecting legibility. Spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Pages are tanned, but otherwise they are clean and unmarked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 295 pages. 21.3 cm. Green cloth with gilt "Ernest Hemingway" on front board; spine with gilt lettering on black strips. Ex-library book : Labels on front inner cover and on ffep. Shaken. Rear cover is soiled. Sunning to boards and spine. Corners bumped. Spine is half-split at hinge with top and bottom frayed. First edition with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Interior is bright
Seller: 2Wakefield, Wakefield, QC, Canada
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 294 [1] pages. In Very Good condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Full binding of green cloth with gilt lettering. Minor shelfwear. Bumping to head and tail of spine and corners. Water staining to lower portion of textblock fore edge and rear cover. Age-toning to textblock. Spine very slightly cocked. Previous owner's sticker on rear pastedown. Shelved in Case 13. Second printing, without Scribner's "A" but with their seal on copyright page. 1370739. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$329.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: May - November, 1935, all complete in original wraps, light general wear and soiling at issues, spines intact except October issue, which shows minor chipping, library blind stamps noted at most issues, no other library markings noted, August issue has skinning at front wrap, and a black ink library stamp, October issue has been repaired along spine, discrete repairs noted at spine ends of November issue; overall a nice set. The book would be released by Scribner's in September, 1935. From the Foreword, "Unlike many novels, none of the characters or incidents in this book is imaginary. Anyone not finding sufficient love interest is at liberty, while reading it, to insert whatever love interest he or she may have at the time. The writer has attempted to write an absolutely true book to see whether the shape of a country and the pattern of a month's action can, if truly presented, compete with a work of the imagination." Complete sets of this "non-fiction novel" in its original magazine format have gotten quite difficult to assemble. Illustrated with decorations by Shenton. See Hanneman C231.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1935.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Light foxing to prelims, else a very good hardback in a price clipped, heavily worn an chipped jacket that is separated into three pieces and is missing the bottom half and top right edge of the spine.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In a Very Good Plus Jacket.$2.75 On Flap. No (A) In Copyright Second Edition.Boards Unfaded As Unusual For This Book. Ink Name Excellent Copy Of Hemingway's Classic.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NY, 1935.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1 of only 10,550 copies, 1st edition, 1st stated colophon schrbners seal on both title pages copyright with "A" usual fading to spine & gold gilt decorations slightest of shelf wear DATE PUBLISHED: 1935 EDITION: 294
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Neat owner name on front fly. Binding with a toned spine, modest wear, and light soil, boards sunned at the edges, topedge with a small stain near the crown just barely affecting the top margin of the text, very good lacking the dust jacket. The interior is otherwise fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons New York, 1935.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Charles Scrbner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket First Edition; First Printing. Spine isslightly sun tanned but readable, covers are a nice sharp green with gold lettering green, private library stamp on inside cover, and back cover printed number on flyleaf, otherwise near fine condition, no other marks or wear.
Seller: Suibhne's Rare and Collectible Books, Newbury, OH, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 295 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text on black spine labels. Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have fading to spine as normally seen, rubbing to corners, brown marks on both covers, and fading to covers near edges. Text block has light foxing to many pages. Shelved in Case 13. 1370811. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A solid, presentable copy of the 1935 true 1st edition (with the letter 'A' and Scribner colophon on the copyright page). Tight and VG (light offsetting along the panel edges and the spine) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with creasing and chipping at the flap-folds (especially the front flap-fold) and much milder chipping and creaing along the rear panel's top-edge. Thik octavo, decorations to the text by Edward Shenton. Hemingway's 8th published work.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published prior to publication in book form, the seven installments printed in 7 consecutive issues (May 1935 - November 1935) of Scribner's Magazine constitute the true first edition of Hemingway's nonfiction novel about his experiences in Africa. The seven issues are in very good condition: internally clean and tight, with some minor light soiling of covers. With one exception, the covers are free from significant edgewear. The July issue does have a dime-sized chip out of the top edge of the rear cover and corresponding short closed tears (not chips) on top edge of about 50% of pages (but not on the Hemingway pages). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing- with the Scribner "A" and Seal present on the copyright page. Original first issue dust jacket with the full green band extending from the spine to the rear panel. Measures approximately 8.25" x 5.75", with 294 numbered pages. The book is in near fine condition. Gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front board are bright and well preserved. Minor sun-fading to the spine and edges of the cloth boards. Textblock is bright and clean. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Moderate sun-fading to the spine. Minor edgewear and creasing to the extremities. Original $2.75 price present on the front flap. "Green Hills of Africa" is Hemingway's second work of nonfiction. This book is an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. It is divided into four parts: "Pursuit and Conversation", "Pursuit Remembered", "Pursuit and Failure", and "Pursuit as Happiness", each playing a vital role in the story. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O3-1).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scribner's "A" and seal at copyright page. First printing. Green full cloth boards, Hemingway signature impressed in gilt at front board, gilt spine titles on black fields, moderate shelf wear, bow, discoloration. Deckled pages very good, no writing. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Preserved in fine facsimile of original first state wrapper; protected in new clear sleeve. Classic 1930's wrapper design features white titles on black with decorative band of illustrations to left; back panel features 1934 photo of Hemingway in Africa with two antelope, wide green title band and summary. Front flap features cast of "The People in the Book"; back flap lists "Books by Ernest Hemingway". Good first edition with very good leaves in fine facsimile wrapper. Tastefully and charmingly illustrated throughout by Edward Shenton with decorative chapter vignettes, large headings and tailpieces in a simple, yet refined near silhouette motif. Sets the mood and adventure of old Africa, the culture, and free roaming wildlife during this period in an intriguing stylized manner. This is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December of 1933. Hemingway's well-known fascination with hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account. An intriguing examination of the lure of the hunt and an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and beauty of a wilderness that was - even then - threatened by incursions. Printed in the United States of America. 295 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scribner's "A" and seal at copyright page. First printing. Green full cloth boards, Hemingway signature impressed in gilt at front board, gilt spine titles on black fields, light shelf wear, some varying toning. Deckled pages near fine, clean and bright; no writing. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Preserved in fine facsimile of original first state wrapper; protected in new clear sleeve. Classic 1930's wrapper design features white titles on black with decorative band of illustrations to left; back panel features 1934 photo of Hemingway in Africa with two antelope, wide green title band and summary. Front flap features cast of "The People in the Book"; back flap lists "Books by Ernest Hemingway". Near very good first edition with near fine interior in fine facsimile wrapper. Tastefully and charmingly illustrated throughout by Edward Shenton with decorative chapter vignettes, large headings and tailpieces in a simple, yet refined near silhouette motif. Sets the mood and adventure of old Africa, the culture, and free roaming wildlife during this period in an intriguing stylized manner. This is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December of 1933. Hemingway's well-known fascination with hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account. An intriguing examination of the lure of the hunt and an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and beauty of a wilderness that was - even then - threatened by incursions. Printed in the United States of America. 295 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway; Edward Shenton (illus.). Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition with Scribner's A and seal on the copyright page. First edition, first state dust jacket with price of $2.75 and large green band on the rear panel. Dust jacket with minor chipping to the edges and fading to the spine, protected in an archival plastic sleeve. Green cloth cover with decoration in gilt and black shows minor fading. Pages are tanned and clean, textblock is square.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$1005.00 + shipping
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Clean pages. Binding tight. In green cloth with black and gilt decoration, very good condition with light rubbing, small nick with fray to top edge back panel. Dust jacket is price-clipped, tanned, rubbed and edge-worn, a little chipped and creased; photo of Hemingway posing with hunting trophies on back. 8vo. 295pp. a very nice addition to a Hemingway collection rm
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition with "A" and publisher's seal to copyright page, in Grissom's "Jacket C." Large octavo. 295 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Light green cloth stamped in black and gilt; topstain. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with some fading to spine and mild spotting, predominantly to verso. Boards sunned along edges and corners slightly bowed. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. [Grissom A.13.1.a; Hanneman 13.A].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. Green Hills of Africa was published in 1935, but initially appeared in Scribners Magazine the same year (Meyers, 1985). The first edition explains that Hemingway "attempted to write an absolutely true book to see whether the shape of a country and the pattern of a month's action can, if truly presented, compete with a work of the imagination." The author's intentions were quickly confirmed when the first print-run sold a popular 10,500 copies, and it was aptly praised by The New York Times as "[a] fine book on death in the African afternoon.The writing is the thing; that way he has of getting down with beautiful precision the exact way things look, smell, taste, feel, sound." Not unlike Hemingway's virtuosic abilities, Green Hills of Africa also offers the writer's opinions on the value of his contemporaries: "The good American writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain Henry James wanted to make money. He never did, of course." Hemingway adds that most American writers are inadequate and "came to a bad end" The value of Green Hills of Africa, therefore, is three-fold. It serves as masterly written entertainment, a successful social experiment that tested the receptivity of the American public, and an insight into the author's literary evaluation. The Observer is correct when it wrote, "If he were never to write again, his name would live as long as the English language, for Green Hills of Africa takes its place beside his other works on that small shelf in our libraries which we reserve for the classics."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. A nice example. Green Hills of Africa was published in 1935, but initially appeared in Scribners Magazine the same year (Meyers, 1985). The first edition explains that Hemingway "attempted to write an absolutely true book to see whether the shape of a country and the pattern of a month's action can, if truly presented, compete with a work of the imagination." The author's intentions were quickly confirmed when the first print-run sold a popular 10,500 copies, and it was aptly praised by The New York Times as "[a] fine book on death in the African afternoon.The writing is the thing; that way he has of getting down with beautiful precision the exact way things look, smell, taste, feel, sound." Not unlike Hemingway's virtuosic abilities, Green Hills of Africa also offers the writer's opinions on the value of his contemporaries: "The good American writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain Henry James wanted to make money. He never did, of course." Hemingway adds that most American writers are inadequate and "came to a bad end" The value of Green Hills of Africa, therefore, is three-fold. It serves as masterly written entertainment, a successful social experiment that tested the receptivity of the American public, and an insight into the author's literary evaluation. The Observer is correct when it wrote, "If he were never to write again, his name would live as long as the English language, for Green Hills of Africa takes its place beside his other works on that small shelf in our libraries which we reserve for the classics."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway; Edward Shenton [illus.]. Green Hills Of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition, first printing with Scribner's A on the copyright page. Price-clipped dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve and shows minor wear, slight chipping to the coers and spine ends, fading. Green cloth cover shows minor wear, fading, and offset fading (the black part of the DJ has preserved the original color while the white lettering has faded the cloth underneath). Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1935. First Edition / First Printing / First Issue. Dated 1935 with Scribner's "A" present with the Seal. Title, author's name, & half of text with the green band on the back panel. Book Condition: Good+, sunning on the boards, age toning Dust Jacket Condition: Good, shelf wear, tears, age toning. Wrapped in a new removable mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA. Charles Scribner's Sons, NewYork, 1935.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Common faded green cloth over boards with black impress of Ernest Hemingway signature on front board. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine and black "labels". No markings on internals. "A" present on copyright page. Graded "VeryGood+" due to fade. Dust Jacket has been noted as "C" by Grissom due to thin green band on rear board which does not encroach on the typed review. Jacket is price-clipped but we have other "C"s all $2.75. Jacket shows slight loss of paper at both upper board corners, and rubbing along all edges. Graded "Very Good+". Additional information and/or photos available upon request.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills Of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [295] pp. When published in 1935, The New York Times called Green Hills of Africa, The best-written story of big-game hunting anywhere, Hemingway's evocative account of his safari through East Africa with his wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, captures his fascination with big-game hunting. In examining the grace of the chase and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition with "A" and publisher's seal to copyright page, in Grissom's "Jacket B" with green panel over 9 lines of text. Large octavo. 295 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Light green cloth stamped in black and gilt; topstain. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with some surface scratching, green portion of spine faded to yellow; soiling to flaps. Boards sunned along edges and and spine; corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. [Grissom A.13.1.a; Hanneman 13.A].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing- with the Scribner "A" and Seal present on the copyright page. Original first issue dust jacket with the full green band extending from the spine to the rear panel. Measures approximately 8.25" x 5.75", with 294 numbered pages. The book is in near fine condition. Gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front board are bright and well preserved. Minor sun-fading to the spine and edges of the cloth boards. Textblock is bright and clean. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Moderate sun-fading to the spine. Minor edgewear and creasing to the extremities. Original $2.75 price present on the front flap. "Green Hills of Africa" is Hemingway's second work of nonfiction. This book is an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. It is divided into four parts: "Pursuit and Conversation", "Pursuit Remembered", "Pursuit and Failure", and "Pursuit as Happiness", each playing a vital role in the story. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (M6-13).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original green cloth, near fine with the usual fading to spine and along the extremities. the gilt on the cover and spine is bright. There is some offsetting on the front and rear endpapers. The dust jacket has the usual fading to the spine but the cover are bright. The original price is intact on the front flap. Dust jacket in an archival brodart for protection. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. A much nicer copy that ususally offered for sale.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. A nice example. Green Hills of Africa was published in 1935, but initially appeared in Scribners Magazine the same year (Meyers, 1985). The first edition explains that Hemingway "attempted to write an absolutely true book to see whether the shape of a country and the pattern of a month's action can, if truly presented, compete with a work of the imagination." The author's intentions were quickly confirmed when the first print-run sold a popular 10,500 copies, and it was aptly praised by The New York Times as "[a] fine book on death in the African afternoon.The writing is the thing; that way he has of getting down with beautiful precision the exact way things look, smell, taste, feel, sound." Not unlike Hemingway's virtuosic abilities, Green Hills of Africa also offers the writer's opinions on the value of his contemporaries: "The good American writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain Henry James wanted to make money. He never did, of course." Hemingway adds that most American writers are inadequate and "came to a bad end" The value of Green Hills of Africa, therefore, is three-fold. It serves as masterly written entertainment, a successful social experiment that tested the receptivity of the American public, and an insight into the author's literary evaluation. The Observer is correct when it wrote, "If he were never to write again, his name would live as long as the English language, for Green Hills of Africa takes its place beside his other works on that small shelf in our libraries which we reserve for the classics."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ in archival cover edge wear, tape repair, spine sunned. Toned cloth, previous owners signature. First Edition, First Printing with the Scribner's "A" and Seal printed on the copyright page.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the publisher's "A" and Seal printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has light wear to the panels. The book is in very good condition with light wear to the spine and boards. The pages are clean with a nice previous owner's bookplates to the front endpaper but NO writing or marks in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the First Issue dustjacket that has the $2.75 printed price present.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Hemingway's travelogue of a hunting expedition in Africa, a great copy with green panel on spine largely unfaded. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original green cloth, front board with gilt-stamped, spine stamped in black and gold. In original unclipped ($2.75) green and black dust jacket (Grissom's jacket B, first printing). Scribner's seal and "A" on copyright page. [8], 295, [1] pages. Jacket unusually nice, with shallow edgewear, a touch of soil and rubbing, and only a hint of the sunning that often afflicts the fugitive green. Book with slivers of sunning to edges and a few spots of soil. Very good in very good plus jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.. Green Hills of Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: 295 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Typical moderate fading of spine and edges of cloth; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; else a nice copy in an unchipped jacket with the green portion of the spine quite faded. The white portion of the spine is lightly soiled. An attractive copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.. Green Hills of Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: 295 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Spine and edges of boards lightly faded; otherwise a fine copy in very sharp jacket with slight fading to the green on the spine and a few stray marks to the bottom of the back panel. The green band on the back panel is 2-1/2" in height.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.. Green Hills of Africa.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$3842.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, of the author's recollection of his 1933-34 big-game hunting trip in Tanganyika, in modern-day Tanzania. "Mixing humor, flashbacks, literary pontification, and self-exposure with his fable on aesthetics, Hemingway once again wrote outside the reception range of the critics" (ANB). It includes literary reminiscences and sharp criticism of other writers. This copy is in Grissom's jacket C (no priority), with the green band on the rear panel not encroaching on the text of a shortened blurb. It was serialized in Scribner's Magazine between May and November 1935. The book edition was published in October. Czech, African Big Game 1785 to 1950, 74; Grissom A13.1.a; Hanneman A13. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt on black ground, spine decorated in gilt, facsimile of the author's signature stamped on front cover in gilt. With dust jacket. Line drawings by Edward Shenton. Spine and edges lightly faded, as usual, internally fresh. A near-fine copy in slightly rubbed and creased dust jacket, price-clipped, one short closed tear and couple of tiny chips, soiling to rear panel, the green colours still bright, very good indeed.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.. Green Hills of Africa.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$6404.32 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. The book was published in October 1935 whilst Hemingway's text was being serialized in Scribner's Magazine between May and November 1935. The dust jacket is present as Grissom's "Jacket C", with the green band on the back panel not encroaching on the text of a shortened blurb. The green printing on the jacket is unusually bright and unfaded. Grissom A13.1.a; Hanneman A13. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt on black, spine decorations in gilt, front cover with facsimile of Hemingway's signature in gilt. With supplied dust jacket. Housed in a custom cloth folding box. Chapter headings and other decorations by Edward Shenton. Spine and extremities sunned; a very good copy. Price-clipped and slightly toned dust jacket frayed at extremities; a bright and vibrant example.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, with date and "A" and on copyright page. Book near fine, fading to spine and some to edges of covers, small water stain at top of rear cover. Dust jacket fine. Housed in fold-out custom case.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing in early issue dust jacket with green bar on rear panel extending through nine lines of the blurb. A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Book with spine toned and a faint dampstain to front board. Front inner hinge (now) professionally repaired. Price-clipped dust jacket with spine toned, a large crease running down the front panel, and some chipping and wear at the spine ends and extremities. Inscribed by the author: "For Daisy G. Roe | Wishing her all good luck from her friend Ernest Hemingway. Key West March 18, 1936." The recipient Daisey G. Roe was a Florida neighbor who had recently married up-and-coming politician (and future Jacksonville, Florida mayor) Caulie F. Whitehead. Authentic signed Hemingway material is becoming scarce on the market. Housed in a custom green quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. After publishing Winner Take Nothing in 1933, "Hemingway went to Africa to shoot the bounding kudu and to reply to his critics. The result is Green Hills of Africa. It is the most literary hunting trip on record" (New York Times). Here Hemingway "attempted to write an absolutely true book to see whether the shape of a country and the pattern of a month's action can, if truly presented, compete with a work of the imagination." It stands as one of his most memorable books set in the continent and, along with The Snows of Kilimanjaro, helped to establish his reputation as a safari-hunter and outdoorsman. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935.
Price: US$22500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the Scribner's "A" and Seal printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Hemingway on a photo laid into the book. The check was made out to Hemingway's friend, then SIGNED by Ernest Hemingway. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a magnificent copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Hemingway First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$275000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HEMINGWAY PRESENTATION COPIES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE: Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway to Hadley Hemingway and his son Jack (Bumby), on the dedication page, as Hemingway expands the printed dedication ('To Philip, to Charles, and to Sully') . Hemingway's continuing inscription, entirely in his hand in black ink, reads: 'also to Hadley and Paul and to Bumby with much love from Pauline, Ernest, Patrick. and Gregory, and all of Africa. The lion enclosed under separate cover is the same lion Pauline almost shot on page 40.' To our knowledge, this is the only presentation copy from Ernest to Hadley ever to come on the market. First edition, first printing of this classic Hemingway. Original black cloth stamped in gilt, in original jacket (jacket has a large chip to 'T' in title on spine extending to rear cover, with some other nicks and tears and tape repairs to verso; book has some minor fading in spots and light edge wear). Hanneman A10A (Scribner's seal and 'A' on title page verso; jacket complete with $3.50 price). Color frontispiece by Juan Gris; 81 b/w 'action photographs' on plates. 1 color & 81 b/w Illustrations. Hadley Richardson Hemingway, later Hadley Mowrer (1891-1979), first wife of Ernest Hemingway. As Hemingway later said, Hadley was Ernest Hemingway's greatest and truest love, the woman he betrayed to his everlasting regret. The subject of the recent 'The Paris Wife', she is a figure of enduring public interest. She married a second time, to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Mowrer in 1933, two years before this work was published. We have firm provenance for this book. The true first printing of the first edition in original jacket (green cloth binding has usual fading to spine and edges; minor wear; jacket has fading, nicks and wear from use). Hanneman A13A; with 'A' and Scribner's seal on title page verso. Decorations by Edward Shenton. [8],294,[1] pages.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.