Death in the Afternoon
NY: Scribner's Sons, (1932).
Stunning First Edition, First State copy of the author's epic work on bullfighting. Juan Gris frontispiece and many black-and-white photographs. This stunning copy is superbly bound in burgundy full morocco leather with gilt titles, raised bands, extra gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Additionally, the facsimile Hemingway signature has been cut from the original cloth copy and inlaid here on the front board. Matching marbled endpapers complete what is a masterwork of a production. More importantly, this copy is boldly inscribed by Hemingway in ink on the front free endpaper as follows:
To T.H. / from E.H. / 1932
A sensational copy.
. Item #10200Price: $5,750.00