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Good plus or better, light general wear, faded spine Cloth Pages browned.

Size: 0x0x0; ***please read*** name inside cover with light pencil-no marks on text-some rubbing on the corners and a little fraying on top of the spine-my shelf location nor-2-145*

Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Gift inscription on front endpaper; interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.35

Thick 12mo. xviii + 544 pp, contains stories by Dreiser, Ferber, Sherwood Anderson, Fannie Hurst, Jean Toomer, and Hemingway, to whom the book is dedicated, with the spelling "Ernest Hemenway" on the dedication page, the table of contents, and in "My Old Man". with additional authors' stories, and, for the librarian or the bibliophile, a list of capsule author biographies with stories that made the honor roll. 5.5" x 7.7" black cloth boards, gilt spine (dimmed) & fr cover letters (bright). Binding tight and square. pages clean, top text block darkened with age, rear gutter hinge paper split 2" from bottom, with hinge holding firm. In glassine mylar wrapper.

Includes Hemingway's story "My Old Man." This is the first American book appearance of a short story by Ernest Hemingway (reprinted from Three stories and ten poems, Paris in 1923. O'Brien dedicated this book to Hemingway, whose name is misspelled in the printed dedication and the contents page; in fact, throughout the book. Very good first edition, stated second printing, Jan., 1924. What appears to be the original sales receipt for this book has been laid inside. It's dated Sep 2, 1924, $2.50 which matches publisher's price on DJ spine. A couple of pages have offset where it appears paper has been laid inside for decades, including receipt which now is laid inside the front of book. Modest rub to gilt title lettering and moderate tone to contents. Very good, scarce original dust jacket with small wear/tear to edges, no stand out issues just about a century of rub on mostly white jacket. (This book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for international)

Includes Hemingway's story "My Old Man." This is the first book appearance of a short story by Ernest Hemingway. O'Brien dedicated this book to Hemingway, whose name is misspelled in the printed dedication and the contents page; in fact, throughout the book.

(Categ. Lett. Straniera - Stati Uniti d'America) - (In 16.mo cm. 13x19) - (Legatura : Tela editoriale con titoli in oro al dorso ed al piatto della coperta) - (Ed. : prima (terza stampa nello stesso anno)) - (pp. 544) - Antologia di racconti brevi di scrittori americani tra cui Sherword Anderson, Dana Burnet, Irvin Cobb, T. Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway ecc. Contiene il racconto - My old man - di Hemingway apparso, nel medesimo anno, in prima pubblicazione in assoluto dal titolo - Three Stories and Ten Poems - . Le pagine che contengono il racconto vanno da pag.263 fino a pag.276. Esemplare di eccezionale rarità. (Translation in english) A collection of short stories of american writers (Sherword Anderson, Dana Burnet, Irvin Cobb, T. Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, ecc.). In this book is included the tale - My old man - , that was published in another book in the same year, Hemingway's first book, with title - Three Stories and Ten Poems - . Exceptionally rare book. Legatura stanca con screpolature e piccole mancanze, timbro di originaria provenienza al frontespizio, alcune pagine sciolte e bruniture. Mancante di sopraccoperta. Opera che, per rarità ed importanza dei contenuti, merita intervento di restauro e/o nuova legatura.

544 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a bright, fresh jacket with one tiny chip and a light stain to the verso of the front panel, which does not show through. Quite uncommon in dust jacket. This volume contains Hemingway's first commercially published short story. O'Brian dedicated the volume to him, but his name is misspelled "Hemenway" throughout.

This volume contains Hemingway's first commercially published short story. O'Brian dedicated the volume to him, but his name is misspelled "Hemenway" throughout.