Hemingway, Ernest

Group of 4 titles inscribed to longtime friend Guy Hickok.  The Sun Also Rises. New York: 1927. Hemingway's first novel inscribed while in Paris "To Guy with much | affection Ernest | Paris 1927" —  Death in the Afternoon. New York, 1932. 'To Guy, or Monsieur Tripas, | with much affection. | Ernest"  — Winner Take Nothing. New York: 1933.  "To Guy with much | affection | Ernest | Paris Oct 28 1933" — Green Hills of Africa. New York: 1935. "For Guy (look what | s got out of your scrap book | now) with much | affection, repect and the | wish to be drunk with soon | again | Ernest." All 8vo in publisher's cloth, second and fourth titles in worn jackets, last three titles first editions.

Hanneman A6a (later printing); A10a; A12a; A13a

"The wish to be drunk with soon again."  Hemingway was close friends with the Paris correspondent for the Brooklyn Eagle, Guy Hickok, for over a decade, beginning from his earliest years in the city. He trusted Hickok's opinion enough to pass along the manuscript for A Farewell to Arms for his comments. Their March,1927  Italian trip was the basis for  Hemingway's story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"