Winner Take Nothing [First UK Edition]

Thirty Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, 1934. First UK printing. Stated at copyright page: "First Published 1934". One of Hemingway's most rare trade editions. Mustard cloth boards, black cover and spine titles with Jonathan Cape emblem at back, moderate shelf wear, some rub, discoloration. Pages generally good; some w/varying discoloration to interior and exterior text block. Number "76" penned at front blank endpaper. Bind good, moderate cant; back hinge reinforced. Preserved in facsimile of rare British first edition dust wrapper, fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Rare solid first edition in fine facsimile wrapper. Ernest Hemingway's third collection of short stories and first new book of fiction since the publication of "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929 contains fourteen stories of varying length. Some appeared in magazines, but the majority had not been previously published. Characters and backgrounds are widely varied. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is about an old Spanish Beggar. "Homage to Switzerland" concerns various conversations at a Swiss railway-station restaurant. "The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" is laid in the accident ward of a hospital in western USA. Hemingway made his literary start as a short-story writer and excelled in this medium with this selection revealing some of his best. Printed in Great Britain in the City of Bedford at the Alden Press. Paper made by John Dickinson & Co., Ltd. Bound by A. W. Main & Co. Ltd. in Cloth, Fast to Light and Washable, Made by Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd. 250 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.