Ernest Hemingway
438 copies for sale · $20–$135,000 · 129 first editions · 13 signed
Notable copies for sale
A Farewell to Arms Signed limited edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$8,500
A FAREWELL TO ARMS (first edition, signed, 1929) — Biblio$135,000
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (first edition, signed, 1940) — Biblio$45,000
THE GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA (first edition, signed, 1935) — Biblio$22,500
In einem andern Land A Farewell to Arms (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$6,500
THE SUN ALSO RISES; Signed Easton Press (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$1,498
To Have and Have Not (first edition, 1937) — Biblio$1,000
The Sun Also Rises (first edition, 1926) — Biblio$34,000
To Have and Have Not (first edition, 1937) — Biblio$1,000
The Little Review Vol IX, Number 3 In Our Time (first edition, 1923) — Biblio$1,000
A Farewell to Arms (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$22,000
A Farewell to Arms (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$20,000
Works on the market
A FAREWELL TO ARMS22 copies · $31–$8,987
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS20 copies · €35–€2,648
A MOVEABLE FEAST17 copies · £53–£668
OLD MAN AND THE SEA15 copies · $37–$50,000
THE SUN ALSO RISES15 copies · $43–$273
Winner Take Nothing9 copies · £100–£7,500
A FAREWELL To ARMS6 copies · $40–$22,000
THE GARDEN OF EDEN6 copies · $37–$198
Men Without Women5 copies · £120–£30,000
A Farewell to Arms5 copies · £650–£5,500
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS5 copies · $50–$5,200
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT5 copies · $53–$3,494
GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA4 copies · $250–$22,500
DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON4 copies · $598–$9,797
ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES4 copies · $758–$1,253
THE SUN ALSO RISES; Easton Press4 copies · $393–$396
THE DANGEROUS SUMMER4 copies · $31–$348
Across the River and Into the Trees4 copies · $40–$300
TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT; A Fictional Memoir4 copies · $73–$153
Market context
200 copies of Ernest Hemingway's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $60 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
A Moveable Feast, first English edition, 1964; and 4 others, mostly American literature (5 (forum, 2026-07-02)£220
The Old Man and the Sea, first English edition, 1952; and another (2) (forum, 2026-07-02)£380
In Our Time, 1st edition, 1st printing, New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£850
For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st UK edition, 1941 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£190
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