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Hemingway, Ernest. Three Stories & Ten Poems. Contact Publishing Company, 1923.
Price: US$39995.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy of Ernest Hemingway's rare first book (Hanneman A1a), one of only 300 copies issued. A nearly perfect copy in the original grayish-blue wraps. The only defect is a tiny nick to the top of spine. Housed in a custom burgundy cloth clamshell box for protection. One of the great literary rarities of the 20th century, and of American literature as a whole.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.. Three Stories & Ten Poems.. Contact Publishing Company, [Paris], 1923.
Price: US$45000.00 + shipping
Description: 58 [1] pp. 12mo, publisher's blue wrappers lettered in black, preserved in a later quarter blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition of Hemingway's first book. A fresh, bright, unworn copy with very slight browning to the top 1/8" of the front wrapper. Pages 25-28 are roughly opened resulting in the loss of a few letters of the text in the upper outside corners. Otherwise a spectacular copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. Three Stories & Ten Poems. Contact Publishing Company, Paris, 1923.
Price: US$55000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful copy bound in the original blue wraps. The binding is tight, with light wear to the edges and minor discoloration to the panels. The pages are clean, with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. Three Stories and Ten Poems. Contact Publishing Company, Paris, 1923.
Price: US$100000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. Black lettered blue jacket over beige wraps, enclosed in green cloth slipcase. Hemingway's first book. Although Bill Bird's Three Mountains Press' In Our Time was contracted earlier, Robert McAlmon's Contact Editions book was published and released first. Limited to 300 copies only. This copy inscribed by Hemingway on the front endpaper "This book is the property of James Cowan--he is not responsible for it--nor did he buy it. It was presented to him by the author--Ernest Hemingway" Cowan was a fellow reporter for the Toronto Star newspaper, for which Hemingway also worked. Included also is a sheaf of correspondence between former owners and James Cowan attesting to it's history and authenticity. Also included a dealer's catalogue in which this book was listed for sale back in late thirties or forties. This copy wrapped in glassine which is contemporary but not original. Wear and a few tears to the extremities but a particularly fine example of a fragile book, otherwise a very good copy. A great Toronto copy of an essential item in the Hemingway canon.
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada