First edition, first printing with publisher's colophon and the letter 'A' on the copyright page. $3.00 price on unclipped dust jacket with author photo on rear panel. No mention of major literary awards that were later bestowed upon Hemingway. Graded conservatively. See attached photos for best indication of condition. Previous owner's name and date (Christmas, 1952) in ink on FFEP; otherwise clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Chipping to jacket at each end of spine, and for 1/4" the top edge of front panel. Rubbing to front edge at jacket hinge. Author photo by Lee Samuels on rear of jacket. Dark blue tinge to photo with two small, pea-sized, non-distracting stains above Hemingway's head. Jacket now wrapped and protected in acid-free Brodart Lo-Luster Just-A-Fold. 140 pages.
