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Winner take nothing

by HEMINGWAY, Ernest

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1933 1ed Ernest Hemingway Winner Take Nothing Classic American Short Stories 'Winner Take Nothing' was Ernest Hemingway's first new book of fiction following the publication of "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929 – a book which contains fourteen stories. Some of them have appeared in magazines, but the majority had not been published before. This work follows the stories of a variety of strange characters - "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 United States, and so on. This first edition "Winner Take Nothing" features the original publisher's cloth hardcover binding. Contents include: • After the storm • Clean, well-lighted place • The light of the world • God rest you merry, gentlemen • The sea change • A way you'll never be • The mother of a queen • One reader writes • Homage to Switzerland • A day's wait • A natural history of the dead • Wine of Wyoming • The gambler, the nun, and the radio Item number: #30239 Price: $550 HEMINGWAY, Ernest Winner take nothing New York; London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition. Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages o [8], 244 • Edition points: o Scribner's "A" on copyright page with seal • Language: English • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Black cloth o Facsimile dust jacket • Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30239 Photos available upon request.

Synopsis

Winner Take Nothing is a 1933 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's third collection of short stories, it was published four years after his most recent novel, A Farewell to Arms (1929), and a year after the non-fiction book about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon (1932).

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Bookseller
Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
30239
Title
Winner take nothing
Author
HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Format/Binding
Hardcover; tight and secure
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York; London
Date Published
1933
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
1933 1ed Ernest Hemingway Winner Take Nothing Classic American Short Stories, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian

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