Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929 8vo. With the Scribner's seal to title verso, without the legal disclaimer to dedication verso; lightly toned. Publisher's black cloth, gold printed labels to upper cover and spine, fore-edge untrimmed; gold printed label to spine vertically creased, some offsetting with remnants of tape to front free endpaper, upper pastedown, and front flap of dust jacket, lower pastedown split near gutter. Original pictorial dust jacket priced "$2.50" and with misspelled "Katharine Barclay" on front flap; jacket splitting at lower fold, toned at extremities, spine lightly sunned, chipped at head and foot with some loss to corners. Housed in a custom clamshell case. First edition, first printing of Hemingway's seminal novel of disillusionment in the face of loss and war, in the first issue dust jacket. Hemingway's novel is renowned not only as one of the best works of fiction to emerge in the aftermath of World War I, but also one of the most important works of literature of the twentieth century. REFERENCES Hanneman A8a

View 1 of Lot 411: Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first printing

hemingway, ernest | a farewell to arms, first edition, first printing

Hemingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940 8vo (210 x 140 mm). Inscribed on the front free endpaper, Scribner’s “A” to copyright page; a few stray stains, one or two old folds, very lightly toned. Publisher’s original nubby beige cloth, facsimile signature on upper board, spine stamped in red and black, top stained black; one or two tray spots to cloth, minor rubbing to spine, some faint foxing to endpapers. First issue dust jacket without credit below Hemingway photograph on back panel; a few marginal chips, two longer primarily closed tears to back panel. Black morocco clamshell case. First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed: “To A. Vlaste, Yours Truly Ernest Hemingway.” “Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet.” — Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls Written throughout 1939 in the wake of the Spanish civil war, the novel emerged from Hemingway's experiences as a reporter for the North American Newspaper Alliance on the front. The title draws from John Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: "...And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." Hemingway was believed to be a shoo-in for the Pulitzer Prize, but he and the novel were ultimately denied for political reasons. Now, For Whom the Bell Tolls is regarded as one of the “Books that Shaped America” by the Library of Congress (Vernon). REVERENCES Hanneman A18 PROVENANCE "A. Vlaste" (presentation inscrption to front free endpaper)

View 1 of Lot 412: Hemingway, Ernest | For Whom the Bell Tolls, first edition, presentation copy

hemingway, ernest | for whom the bell tolls, first edition, presentation copy

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?locale=en&amp;query=Hemingway&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hemingway</a>'s legendary first published book, and among the rarest of his <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first editions</a>.<ul><li>Ernest Hemingway (American).</li><li>[Paris]: (Contact Publishing Co.), (1923).</li><li>&nbsp;[8], 58, [2] pages.</li><li>Original blue printed wrappers, uncut and partially unopened.</li><li>Housed in custom blue cloth slipcase and chemise.</li></ul> The typography and design of Hemingway's first book reflected the new Modernist style for which Hemingway would become known: spare, balanced, striking. In this as in his prose, Hemingway was influenced by Gertrude Stein, who advised a careful pick of typeface for the titles listed on the front wrapper, "good and black, but not squatty like the others" (quoted in Grissom, 26). Three Stories And Ten Poems was issued by Robert McAlmon's formative Modernist press, Contact, one of the original loci of the burgeoning movement. McAlmon also brought out numerous other classic expatriate texts, including Stein's epic monument The Making Of Americans, William Carlos Williams's Spring And Fall, Gertrude Beasley's cult feminist memoir My First Thirty Years, Bryher's pioneering autobiographical lesbian novel Two Selves, and H.D.'s Palimpsest — though it was this Hemingway book that would ultimately become the most famous of all its publications. Poorly constructed and issued in an edition of only 300 copies, Three Stories And Ten Poems has become one of the most sought rarities of the 20th century and a cornerstone for any collection that documents the rise of Modernism.

Three Stories And Ten Poems

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of For Whom the Bell Tolls by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Ernest+Hemingway&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ernest Hemingway</a>.<ul><li>Ernest Hemingway (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Scribner's,&nbsp;1940.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>471 pages.</li><li>In the first state dust jacket, publisher's coarse calico grain cloth with facsimile of the author's signature in black on the uppers cover in custom half-morocco clamshell box.</li></ul> Hemingway's celebrated novel of the Spanish Civil War, difficult to find in such nice condition, as any rubbing stands out against the black background, and the red and blue of the spine are generally found faded.

For Whom the Bell Tolls First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of Farewell to Arms by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Ernest+Hemingway&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ernest Hemingway</a>.<ul><li>Ernest Hemingway (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Scribners,&nbsp;1929.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>[10], 355 pages.</li><li>Number 56 of 510 copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf.&nbsp;</li><li>Publisher's light bluish-green boards backed and cornered with vellum, black morocco spine label lettered in gold, in custom half-morocco clamshell box.</li></ul> The only signed limited issue of Hemingway's work, and one of the greatest war novels of all time.

A Farewell to Arms | Signed First Edition

Verve Verve: Revue artistique et litteraire. Paris: Teriade, and New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1937–1958 Numbers 1–34 in 26 volumes, folio (approximately 355 x 270 mm). Mixed set, mostly French-language editions, but with nos. 3, 5, and 33/34 in English, profusely illustrated with reproductions and original lithographs by various artists of the School of Paris; occasional light soiling and a few small stains, very infrequent light toning, some spotting to no. 1, staining to the final leaf of no. 2, small stains from adhesives to titles and endpapers in nos. 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17/18, 23, 24, 25/26, 33/34. Original wrappers and pictorial boards, some rubbing and wear to extremities, occasional light toning and pale dampstaining to spines, a few creases to jacket flaps, no. 1 with mild foxing to the wrapper, no. 13 with losses at head and tail of spine, no. 16 with a toned tape repair to wrapper at tail of spine, no. 31/32 with tape repairs at head and tail of spine, and no 33/34 with repaired losses to wrapper edges, altogether a very good set. Each issue in a mylar protector, the set housed in 8 custom brown cloth clamshell cases, with printed paper labels to spines; light rubbing to extremities, a few nearly-indiscernible pale stains. A complete run of this sumptuous mid-century Parisian arts journal. This landmark Modernist magazine is prized for its lithographs of works by celebrated French artists. The illustrated covers alone feature work by a veritable who's who of the Paris School, including Matisse, Braque, Bonnard, Rouault, Maillol, Chagall, and Picasso. Other artists who contributed include Kandinsky, Leger, Giacometti, Derain, and Klee, among others. Published by Teriade between 1937 and 1960, in addition to the remarkable range of artists it featured, its early literary contributors included James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway. The set is uncommon when found complete and in presentable condition, as here. The contents of Verve comprise: No. 1: Lithographs by Leger, Miro, Ratner, cover by Matisse No. 2: Lithographs by Kandinsky (2) and Masson (2), cover by Braque No. 3: Lithographs by Chagall, Miro, Rattner and Klee, cover by Bonnard No. 4: Lithographs by Matisse (4) and Derain (4), cover by Rouault No. 5/6: Lithographs by Guys (4). Braque, Rouault, Derain (2), Leger, Bonnard (2), Matisse (2) and Klee, cover by Maillol No. 7: Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry No. 8: Lithographs by Bonnard, cover by Matisse No. 9: Les Fouquet de la Bibliotheque Nationale No. 10: Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry No. 11: Les Fouquet de Chantilly No. 12: Les Fouquet de Chantilly No. 13 Matisse, De la Couleur, 2 lithographs and cover by Matisse No. 14/15 Jean Bourdichon, Les Heures d'Anne de Bretagne No. 16: Rene d'Anjou No. 17/18: Couleur de Bonnard, lithograph and cover by Bonnard No: 19/20: Picasso, Couleur de..., cover by Picasso No 21/22: Matisse, Vence 1944-48, lithograph and cover by Matisse No. 23: Le Livre du Coeur d'Amour..., cover by Matisse No. 24: Contes de Boccace, cover by Chagall No. 25/26: Picasso, Vallauris 1949-1951, lithograph and cover by Picasso No. 27/28: Lithographs by Braque (2). Matisse (4), Giacometti (2), Masson (4), Leger (4), Miro (4), cover by Braque No. 29/30: Suite de 180 dessins de Picasso, 1953-54, 11 lithographs by Picasso No. 31/32: Carnets Intimes de G. Braque, cover by Braque No 33/34: Illustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall, 17 lithographs and cover by Chagall No. 33/36: Dernieres oeuvres de Matisse, 1950-1954, 40 lithographs and cover by Matisse No 37/38: Marc Chagall, Dessins pour la Bible, 24 lithographs and cover by Chagall

View 1 of Lot 458: Verve | Complete set of this landmark art publication

verve | complete set of this landmark art publication

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] Two volumes: (i) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876 FIRST EDITION, 8vo (213 x 164 mm), second printing, issue A, frontispiece and 159 wood-engraved text illustrations by True Williams and others, half-title, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt and black, light peach endpapers, front free endpaper cut out, extremities bumped, First American edition, second printing, issue B of text with points: printed on laid paper, versos of half-title and preface not blank, p. XII mispaginated XVI (PP. I-XV UNPAGED - does this matter?). (ii) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885 FIRST EDITION, 8vo (215 x 167 mm), frontispiece and 173 text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, half title, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 2), publisher's pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt and black, light peach endpapers, plain edges, housed in green cloth slipcase, very occasional spotting, hinges starting, binding slightly worn, boards marked First edition, early issue of one of the Great American Novels. First editions of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn present a welter of issue points, and copies are usually described as being "early" or "later" issues, as an absolute priority of issue has been impossible to establish. The points of this copy are as follows: frontispiece is "Heliotype," tipped in, cloth not visible on table; title-page is tipped in, dated 1885, with 1884 copyright on verso; p. 13, has "Him and another Man" listed at p. 88; p. 57 reads "with the was"; p. 59, has "le" for "let"; p. 143., has "Co" for "Col."; p. 155 set with larger font of second 5; p. 283, the leaf is a cancel and the engraving has been corrected. "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." Ernest Hemingway, The Green Hills of Africa, 1935. The UK first edition of Huckleberry Finn was issued six months before this first American edition, in red cloth. The American edition was issued in green and blue cloth, with a small number bound in leather, in February 1885. Green cloth is most frequently seen. LITERATURE: (i) BAL 3369; Grolier, American 79; Johnson, p. 27; (ii) BAL 3415; Grolier, American 87; Johnson 43–50

View 1 of Lot 141: Mark Twain | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, 1876, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885, first editions

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