THE FIFTH COLUMN; AND THE FIRST FORTY-NINE STORIES

Author: Hemingway, Ernest

Title: The Fifth Column; And the First Forty-Nine Stories

Publication: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938

Edition: First edition

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-x, [2], 3-597, [1] pp. Red cloth with Hemingway's signature in black lettering on the front board, gold lettering blocked in black on the spine, several gold rules on the spine. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket.

A large collection of Hemingway's short stories and his only play, The Fifth Column, set during the Spanish Revolution. The 1921 short story "Up in Michigan" is published here for the first time, a very early writing from Hemingway. "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", "The Capital of the World", and "Old Man at the Bridge" all appear in this publication for the first time.Minor toning on the endpapers and pastedowns; jacket has a couple traces of crinkles and edge wear.

A beautiful copy, difficult to find in this condition.