Death in the Afternoon
$1,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · In dust jacket
Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway. First Printing 1932. Scribners A. Book VG+. Front and back cloth covers lightly streaked. Book square, binding tight. Gilt design on spine fully intact, signature on front cover still bright. Top edge blue faded, one pen-point sized depression. Bottom edge, one scratch/depression across width. One light scratch across width of fore edge. One paperclip depression with small page chip missing at top of front free endpaper, otherwise all pages tight and unmarked. Juan Gris painting/tissue cover in perfect shape. Dust jacket G+, price not clipped. Has torn edges all around, with some small pieces missing, one larger piece missing from top rear panel and spine. Some abrasions across Domingo painting on front jacket. Overall, jacket shows aging and toning.
- Publisher: Charles Scribner and Sons
- Year: 1932
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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