Ernest Hemingway Complete 1st Edition Collection Signed A Farewell to Arms Rare

For sale is an outstanding Ernest Hemingway first edition collection. There are two books signed by Ernest Hemingway, "A Farewell to Arms" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Both signed books have been authenticated by James Spence Authentication with the following certification numbers: #Z32467 and #Z32468. Of the 52 books in this Ernest Hemingway set are first editions, first printings; The exception being the signed Grosset and Dunlap edition of "A Farewell to Arms".

Other highlights include original dust jackets for "The Torrents of Spring", "Men Without Women", "A Farewell to Arms", "Winner Take Nothing", "Green Hills of Africa" among many others. We have created an impressive 50 page catalog with the descriptions and photographs of all of the books included in this collection.

The descriptions of each book are listed in detail below, if you are interested in viewing additional photographs, please send us an inquiry requesting to view the catalog. We also have an equally impressive Mark Twain first edition collection available for sale in our store. The Best Short Stories of 1923.

Published by Small, Maynard & Company, Boston, 1924. This collection includes My Old Man by Ernest Hemingway, his first book appearance in America. His name is famously misspelled Hemenway throughout, even though the entire book was dedicated to him!

This error was corrected in the second printing, making this first printing a scarce and collectible Hemingway oddity. The book is in very good condition. The boards are well preserved with bright gilt titling on the front.

Sunning and rubbing to the spine. Closed tears and creases to page 45.

Binding starting at page 223, else holding. Faint foxing to the edges of the textblock. The contents are clean and bright.

A brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket is included for protection and display. The first printing consisted of 1,335 copies.

The gilt geometric design on the front cover is vibrant and crisp. The spine has been rebacked with original spine mounted on the new. Original spine is rubbed and lacking. Boards lightly scuffed with firm edges.

Interior is clean, bright, and unmarked. First edition, first printing, with a third printing dust jacket. The first printing consisted of 1,250 copies.

Light discolored spotting to the covers with small smudge on the front. Sunning to the spine with a few tiny spots.

Toning to the contents with sound binding. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. The jacket is well preserved with almost no wear. Toning to the panels with sunned spine.

Small closed tear and crease to the rear panel with soiled spot and faint moisture stain along the bottom perimeter. Published by Charles Scribners Sons in 1926.

First edition, first printing, and first issue with a fifth printing dust jacket from 1927. The first issue contains the misspelling of the word stopped as stoppped on page 181, line 26. The book is bound in black leather with gilt titling to the spine.

The leather is in fine condition. The interior is in very good condition. A faint notation in colored pencil on the title page which has been partially erased. The textblock is toned with some light scattered spotting. The first printing consisted of 7650 copies- the first issue copies weigh 15.5 ounces, while the second issue copies weigh between 13 and 14 ounces and have an imperfect number'3' at the bottom of page 3. This copy is from the first issue with the heavier weight paper and the perfect number'3'.

The book is in very good plus to near fine condition. The boards are well preserved with light wear and small white dot on rear board. The gold labels are intact. Previous owner's signature in ink on the front endpaper.

The textblock is gently toned, largely clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. With a second issue dust jacket, which has the same jacket art as the first issue, with the addition of two reviews on the front panel. The dust jacket is in fair to good condition.

Sunning and soiling to the panels with small stains and edgewear. Sunning to the spine with light paper loss to the edges and just underneath the running bull decoration. "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway.

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929. The book measures 5" x 7.5", 355 pages.

The book is in fair condition. Some wear and smudging to the covers with two small ring stains. The gold label on the front board is intact and vibrant. Sunning to the spine with vertical crease through the label.

Bookseller stickers on the endsheets. Previous owner's large gift inscription in ink on the front endpaper. The rear hinge is cracked with the mull exposed and binding is a bit shaken. The interior is gently toned, largely clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. The dust jacket is in good condition.

Small paper loss to the A of the title on the front panel and bottom of the spine, affecting the publishers name. Toned discoloration at the top of the rear panel with chip.

Sunning to the spine with creases at the top edge. Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway. First edition, first printing with a later printing dust jacket. The first printing consisted of 10,300 copies. Gilt lettering on the spine is slightly faded but still legible.

Boards show minor surface wear. The original dust jacket which is supplied from a 1950s edition is in near fine condition with minor wear to the extremities. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1932.

The book measures 9 x 6. Illustrated with 81 black-and-white photographic reproductions. The original second state dust jacket is in good condition. Net price present on the front flap.

General surface wear and creasing, moreso to the extremities and the top and bottom of the spine. Several old small tape repairs on the verso of the jacket at the folds. Rust colored cloth boards are extremely well preserved with almost no wear. Black lettering on the front board and spine is fresh and intact. Minor foxing to the edges of the textblock.

Textblock itself is fresh and clean. Previous owner's embossed stamp and sticker on the front endpaper. Scarce in the original dust jacket. A Farewell to Arms Extraordinary Association copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page: " For Henry Pfeiffer, yours very truly, Ernest Hemingway, Piggot-December 31-1932".

Henry Pfeiffer was a philanthropist and uncle to Hemingway's second wife Pauline Pfeiffer. Paul Pfeiffer, Pauline's father, and uncles Henry and G. Paul left the company and moved his family to Piggott, Arkansas to make a life for his family. This copy was signed and inscribed in Piggott, the family's estate, to his wife's uncle Henry. Ernest's marriage to Pauline and the influence of the Pfeiffer family was incredibly important to Hemingway's life, career, and literary endeavors. During the course of their thirteen year marriage, Hemingway started and/or finished "A Farewell to Arms", "Winner Take Nothing", "Green Hills of Africa", "To Have and Have Not", "The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories", and "For Whom the Bells Tolls". Pauline's father Paul even renovated the family barn in Piggott into a workspace for Hemingway. This book, A Farewell to Arms was dedicated to G. "A Farewell to Arms" also has a Pfeiffer connection with the dramatic ending that was based on his wife Pauline's difficult birth to their son Patrick. To say that the Pfeiffer family had a major impact on Hemingway's career would be an understatement.

This is an outstanding association copy to a member of the family that paved the way for some of Hemingway's most famous works and helped him to become one of America's greatest writers. Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from James Spence Authentication with Certificate Number: Z32467. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1932, the same year as the Paramount production of the same name, starring Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper. Measures 8" x 5.25", 355 pages with additional pages of publisher's advertisements. With black and white pictoral endsheets with scenes from the movie.

With its original dust jacket. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Light rubbing to the jacket with two small tears at the edges of the front panel. Sunning to the spine with small chips to the edges. A few tape remnants to the verso of the jacket.

Minor shelf wear to the boards with vertical crease to the front board. Sunning and soiling to the spine. The front board is slightly cocked. Faint foxing to the fore-edges. The textblock is gently toned, largely clean, unmarked, and complete.

The first printing consisted of 20,300 copies. The book measures 5.25" x 7.5", 244 pages. The dust jacket is printed in red, white, and black. An excerpt from a review of Death in the Afternoon, by Laurence Stallings, appears on the back cover. Minor creasing and chipping to the edges. Large closed tear at the front hinge with two smaller tears at the top of the rear panel. Light paper loss at the edges of the spine with vertical crease extending the length of the spine. Vertical crease to the back panel. The black cloth boards are well preserved with firm edges. Faint sunning at the top edges. The black and gold labels are vibrant and intact.

Bookstore's sticker on rear paste-down. The contents are gently toned, clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. The first printing consisted of 10,550 copies. Light sunning to the boards and spine with firm edges. Bright gilt titling and black and gold label.

Previous owners bookplate on front paste-down. Dings to the top edge of the textblock that creases some of the margins. Gently toned interior with a few soiled spots. The book comes with its original second issue dust jacket without the full green wrap-around band on the rear panel. The jacket is in very good condition.

Small tears and creases to the edges and flap folds. Rubbing and sunning to the spine with price-clipped front flap. To Have and Have Not.

First edition, first printing with first edition dust jacket. The first printing consisted of 10,130 copies. The book has been recased in a second issue binding which is the exact same as the first issue. The covers retain their rich color and firm edges.

The gold and green labels on the spine are vibrant and intact. The textblock is gently toned and largely clean, with two small dark stains at the fore-edge that lightly seeps into a few of the margins. The jacket is in fair condition. Minor paper loss at the front corners and spine edges. Rubbing to the rear panel with large diagonal crease and creases at the top edge. The front flap is price-clipped. The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. The first printing consisted of 5,350 copies. The book is in near fine condition.

The spine and covers retain their rich red color with firm edges. Vibrant gilt and black labels on spine. Contents are gently toned, clean, and complete with tight binding. Comes with the original first edition dust jacket. The dust jacket is in very good plus to near fine condition.

Light wear to the edges with sunning to the spine. Set of six volumes of Ernest Hemingway's works.

First edition thus, Sun Rise edition. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1938. The books measure approximately 5.5" x 8.25". The set is in very good minus condition. This set bound in the much scarcer red buckram cloth variant binding.

The red cloth boards are well preserved with crisp edges and rich color. Wear to the gilt titling and decorations on the spines.

The textblocks are clean, bright, and complete. Gift inscription in pencil on the front end paper of each volume. Winner Take Nothing has some colored pencil markings, perhaps an erased drawing.

The titles included in this set are: "In Our Time", "The Sun Also Rises", "A Farewell to Arms", "Men Without Women", "To Have and Have Not", "Winner Take Nothing". "The Fifth Column, a Play in Three Acts" by Ernest Hemingway.

One of Hemingway's rarest works, one of 1,174 copies printed. Originally published as a collection of short stories in 1938 under the title "The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories", this is the original version of the play as written by Hemingway, which was adapted for the stage by Benjamin Glaser. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940.

The book measures 5.75" x 8.75", 101 pages. The book is in very good minus condition.

Soiling and wear to the boards and spine, most noticeably a long white stain to the front board. Library pocket and scan bar label on the front end sheets, and with a bookseller's ticket on the rear paste-down. "Rochester Public Library" stamped on all three edges of the text block. The Publishers' Notes page has library markings as well. The contents are mostly clean and bright.

Comes with a brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket for protection and display. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper- To Meredith M.

Daubin, with sincere best wishes, Ernest Hemingway. And author of two books, "Directory of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity", and The Daubin Family Genealogical History and Descendants of Moore M.

Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from James Spence Authentication with Certificate Number: Z32468. The book measures 6" x 9", 471 pages. With a second issue dust jacket with the photographer's credit present on the back panel. Minor rubbing to the panels and spine with slight chipping to the spine edges.

Tape repair made to the top right corner of the spine. The book is in very good plus condition. Two small soiling spots to the boards with lightly scuffed edges. Sunned spine with worn label.

The textblock is gently toned, clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. A handsome copy of one of Hemingway's greatest novels, signed in his own hand. War story anthology with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway. The first printing consisted of 20,500 copies. The covers retain their rich black cover with gently bumped corners.

The gilt titling on the spine is lightly rubbed. Small pen mark to the fore-edge of the textblock.

The interior is clean, bright, unmarked, and complete with tight binding. The first issue dust jacket is in good condition. Small creases and tears to the edges of the panels with crinkling and small pink stains to the rear. Small chips at the edges of the spine.

Small spot and scuff on the front flap. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. The book is in near fine condition with gently bumped corners. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. Sunning to the spine and panel edges.

Across the River and Into the Trees. The first printing consisted of 75,000 copies. Published by Charles Scribner's Son, New York, 1950. The book measures 5.75" x 8.5", 308 pages. With its original first issue yellow dust jacket. The dust jacket is in very good minus condition.

Small chips and tears to the edges. Two one inch closed tears to the front and rear panel. Faint foxing to the rear panel. The black cloth covers are richly colored with firm edges. Faint sunning to the gilt titling on the spine.

A few small smudges to the front endsheets. The contents are largely clean, bright, unmarked, and complete.

The Old Man and the Sea. The first printing consisted of 50,000 copies. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1952. Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Measures 5.5" x 8.25", 140 pages. The original first issue dust jacket is in very good minus condition. Moderate to heavy wear to the extremities, most noticeable at the flap folds and the top and bottom of the spine. Front flap has some crease marks from the book being closed on the jacket.

Silver titling on the spine is quite bright and with only minor fading. Presents very nicely, a collectible copy of this scarce Hemingway classic. Selections from his famous novels, including the complete versions of The Torrents of Spring and The Sun Also Rises.

Published by Charles Scribners Son, 1953. First edition, first printing with its original first printing dust jacket. Light wear to the panels with a one inch piece missing from the top of the front panel. Sunning and creasing to the spine. Light shelf wear to the boards with faint sunning to the spine.

Minor foxing to the endsheets and fore-edges. The contents are gently toned, largely clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. Portrait of Hemingway by Lillian Ross.

Published in 1961 by Simon and Schuster. The covers and spine are well preserved with firm edges. Small creases to the top corner of the last two pages of text. The interior is clean, bright and complete with tight binding. Three tears to the top edges of the panels, with tape on the verso of the jacket as reinforcement.

Sunning to the spine with small chips at the edges. The first printing consisted of 85,000 copies. With photographic reproductions of Hemingway and friends in Paris in the 1920's. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1964.

Measures 5.75" x 8.5", 211 pages. With its original first state dust jacket.

Small tear to the top right front panel, and minor edge wear to the flap folds and the top and bottom of the spine. The book is also in very good plus condition. Boards a slightly bowed, a common problem with this title. Gilt lettering on the spine is a bit faded. Minor foxing to the edge of the textblock.

Papa Hemingway, a Personal Memoir by K. Published in 1966 by Random House. The covers are well preserved with firm edges. Vibrant gilt titling on the spine. The interior is gently toned, clean bright and complete. Dog-eared corner of the rear flap. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1967. The book measures 6.25" x 9.25", 489 pages. 67 present on the front flap. Light shelf wear with sunned spine and edges. Small circular gold sticker at the bottom of the spine with a few tiny stained spots. Small moisture stain to the bottom of the spine. Pen number notation on the rear flap. The red cloth covers and spine are bright and vivid. Black and gold label on the spine is vibrant and intact. The textblock is clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. Published October 6, 1970 and consisted of 75,000 copies. The covers are vibrant and firm with vibrant gilt titling on the spine. The interior is clean and bright with tight binding. Small ding to the spine with lightly rubbed rear panel. The first printing consisted of 25,000 copies. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972.

Measures 6" x 9.25", 268 pages. Light edgewear and sunning to the spine. The boards are well preserved with firm edges. Faint sunning to the perimeter edges. Minor foxing to the top-edge of the textblock.

How it was by Mary Welsh Hemingway. Published in 1976 by Afred A. Illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions. The covers and spine retain their rich color with light shelf wear. Faint foxing at the fore-edge of the textblock.

The contents are gently toned, clean and bright with sound binding. Toning to the jacket with minor soiling. Small tear and crease at the top edge of the rear panel.

Three Stories and Ten Poems. A facsimile of the original Paris Edition published in 1923.

First published by the Contact Publishing Company. There were only 300 copies of the first and only printing. This facsimile, published with the permission of the Hemingway Estate consists of 3000 copies. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with a few small soiled spots and sunning to the spine.

First published in Paris by the Three Mountains Press in 1924. The first printing was limited to 170 copies. This facsimile, published with the permission of the Hemingway Estate consists of 1700 copies.

Tape repair to a small tear at the top of the front panel. Toning to the panels with tiny smudge. Bookstores price sticker over the price on the flap. Published by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich and Co. Softcover with publication sticker on the front cover. The softcover edges are well preserved and firm. Glue stains to Juvenilia through to Wanderings, most likely a binding error. With stains at the edges of the textblock. My Brother, Ernest Hemingway by Leicester Hemingway.

Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, Key West 1981, With great admiration! Published in 1980 by Winchester House Publishers. The covers and spine are fresh with crisp edges. Tiny tape stains to the bottom of the front and rear endpapers. The dust jacket is in fair condition.

Rubbing to the panels with tape remnants at the top and bottom edges. Tape stains to the top and bottom edges of the flaps.

Softcover uncorrected proof with a publication date of June 1985. The covers are firm and vibrant.

Small pencil line to the fore-edge of the textblock. Along With Youth, Hemingway the Early Years by Peter Griffin. Published in 1985 by the Oxford University Press. The covers are fresh and crisp.

Two small spots on the fore-edge of the textblock. The interior is bright and clean with tight binding.

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1986. The book measures 5.5" x 8.5", 247 pages. The dust jacket is in very good condition with the only notable flaw being small moisture stains to the top edges of the jacket.

The boards are well preserved with lightly bumped front corner and edge of the rear board. The contents are clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. The True Gen, an Intimate Portrait of Ernest Hemingway by Those Who Knew Him by Denis Brian. Published in 1988 by Grove Press. Lightly rubbed spine with small discolored spots.

The binding is cracked at page 230. Small smudge on the front endpaper. The textblock is gently toned, clean and bright. Minor wear and soiling to the panels with lightly sunned spine.

The rear flap has a creased corner. Hemingway, the Final Years by Michael Reynolds. Published in 1999 by W. Illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions and maps. First edition first printing with complete number line. Three small scuffs to the front paper cover at the spine, with gently bumped corners.

Light wear to the edges. True At First Light: A Fictional Memoir. Softcover with publication date of September 1999.

Light edgewear to the covers and spine, with front cover lifting. Tiny spot to the fore-edge of the textblock. The contents are clean and bright with tight binding.

Hemingway on Fishing, Ernest Hemingway. Edited and with an Introduction by Nick Lyons. Softcover with publication date of November 2000. Light edgewear with creased rear corner.

The front cover is slightly lifted. Published in 2000 by the Lyons Press. Small ink mark on the front endpaper. The textblock is clean and bright with tight binding.

The dust jacket is in near fine condition with light shelf wear. Hunting with Hemingway, Based on the Stories of Leicester Hemingway by Hilary Hemingway and Jeffry P.

Published in 2000 by Riverhead Books. Small scuff to the rear cover and spot on the spine.

ISBN sticker on the back. Hemingway on Hunting, Ernest Hemingway.

Edited and with an Introduction by Sean Hemingway. Published in 2001 by the Lyons Press. The book is in very good condition with light shelf wear. The contents are clean and bright with sound binding. The covers and spine are firm with crisp edges.

Running with the Bulls, My Years with the Hemingways by Valerie Hemingway. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page For Alex, Wishing you continued success.

All best wishes Valerie, Valerie Hemingway 9 XII 04. Published in November 2004 by Ballantine Books.

Covers and spine are well preserved with crisp edges. The dust jacket is in very good condition with light shelf wear. The bottom corner of the rear flap is folded over.

Softcover with publication date of 2005 by Kent State University. Minor shelf wear with two small soiled spots to the fore-edge of the textblock. Advance Uncorrected Proof of the hardcover edition, published July 2015 by Scribner.

The book is in near fine condition with light edgewear. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Softcover with publication date of July 16, 2019.

Light shelf wear with faint scuff marks to the bottom edge of the textblock. The item "Ernest Hemingway Complete 1st Edition Collection Signed A Farewell to Arms Rare" is in sale since Wednesday, February 26, 2020. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "ernestoic" and is located in Buffalo, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Origin: American
Printing Year: 1924
Year Printed: 1924
Topic: Classics
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Special Attributes: 1st Edition