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Ernest Hemingway. Winner Take Nothing. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933....
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Description
Presentation copy, inscribed to a New York friend
Ernest Hemingway. Winner Take Nothing. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.8vo. Publisher's smooth black cloth, gold paper labels lettered and ruled in black. Original color printed dust jacket. Quarter morocco slipcase, cloth chemise.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY on the front free endpaper: "For Paul Zuckerman / Best always / Ernest Hemingway."
Paul Zuckerman, father of screenwriter and actor Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman), was, as his son recalled in a profile in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, "a Wall Street stockbroker who palled around with Ernest Hemingway and counted Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall as close friends."
Condition: A few minor scuffs to cloth, small stain to fore-edge. Dust jacket unclipped ($2.00), somewhat toned, particularly to flaps, a few minor chips and other edgewear.
References: Hanneman A12a.
Provenance: Paul Zuckerman (presentation inscription); acquired from Heritage Book Shop, Inc., Los Angeles, acquisition date unknown. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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Auction Info
2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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