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Winner Take Nothing
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. A review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with bronze title labels to spine and upper board printed in black. Near Fine with light wear to extremities, former owner bookplate to front paste down. In a Near Fine unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket Laurence Stallings's review of "Death in the Afternoon" on rear panel; with subtle and small areas of color retouching at extremities, light wear, a short tear to the rear flap, tanning to the spine and blindside, but a much, much nicer example of the book and jacket than normally seen.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944738
- Title
- Winner Take Nothing
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Publisher's Slip
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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