Lot 83
  • 83

Hemingway, Ernest.

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • The Sun Also Rises. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926
  • Paper
8vo (190 x 132mm.), first edition, first issue, title-page vignette by Cleonike Damianakes, original black cloth with gold paper labels, dust-jacket (design as title-page vignette), collector's gold cloth folding box, light browning, light browning to dust-jacket with some minor tears

Provenance

The Modern Movement: The Annette Campbell-White Collection, sale, Sotheby's, 7 June 2007, lot 106

Literature

Hanneman A6(a); Connolly The Modern Movement 50

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

A fine copy and rare in an unrestored dust-jacket.

The first issue is identified by a mis-print on page 181. On line 26 the word "stopped" appears as "stoppped". The dust-jacket, as called for by Hanneman, incorrectly notes Hemingway as the author of In Our Times.

"The Sun Also Rises... soon became a handbook of conduct for the new generation... It is all carved in stone, bigger and truer than life; and it is the work of a man who, having ended his busy term of apprenticeship, was already a master at twenty-six..." (Malcolm Cowley, A Second Flowering).