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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good reddish brown hardcover in worn dj. 652 pp includes a wide-ranging selection, as: The Torrents of Spring (complete), The Sun Also Rises (complete) plus selections from five other novels and from two works on Spain and Africa, and 11 short stories. Fiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hard. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 22. Inventory ID 658130 Hardcover Cloth 652 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Presumed Book Club First edition 1953 with W on colophon. Attractive orange buckram boards and gilt shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with undamaged corners, dent on top of front board. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. Tight binding with good hinges. An unclipped dust jacket is fragile and discolored with age. Dust jacket shows the usual shelf wear - tears, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.Want to protect the book's dust jacket with a mylar cover? Add Biblio or ABEBooks listing 657791 or eBay item 176708421996 to your purchase.The Hemingway Reader, edited by Charles Poore, gathers a wide range of Ernest Hemingway's works into a single volume, offering readers a comprehensive view of his style, themes, and literary influence. The collection includes selections from his novels, short stories, and nonfiction, highlighting the precision of his prose, the intensity of his characters, and the stark clarity with which he portrayed war, love, courage, and loss. Poore's editorial choices showcase Hemingway's evolution as a writer while also providing context that underscores his lasting significance in American literature, making the book both a celebration and a testament to his enduring voice.Book contains:From In Our Time: Big Two-Hearted River and The Torrents of SpringThe Sun Also Rises (complete)From A Farewell to Arms: The Retreat from Caporetto and StresaShort stories: A Way You'll Never Be, Fifty Grand, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, The Light of the World, After the StormFrom Death in the Afternoon: The Bullfight and The Last ChapterFrom Green Hills of Africa: Chapter OneFrom To Have and Have Not: One Trip AcrossFrom For Whom the Bell Tolls: Sordo's StandShort stories: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Capital of the World, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Old Man at the Bridge, The Fable of the Good LionFrom Across the River and Into the Trees: Venice and the Veneto (selected chapters)From The Old Man and the Sea: The Fight with the SharksErnest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for his spare prose style and adventurous life. He served as an ambulance driver in World War I, worked as a foreign correspondent, and became part of the "Lost Generation" writers in Paris during the 1920s. His works, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea, earned him both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. First Thus. Familiar tales like : `Death in the Afternoon' , `Across the River and Into the Trees' and `To Have and Have Not', are excerpted in these 652 pages. Charles Poore writes prefacesfor 12 of the pieces presented. Read more about : Castille, feed-boxes, Carabanchel, Pamplona, Good Wine, Good Christ, Cortina D' Ampezzo. giant killer, and initialled shirt. UNillustrated. Cond : Boards are rusty brown in colour with gilt lettering. White end-papers. D.J. is cream-coloured with a red diamond pattern. Volume is bright, tight, square,and,clean. No names but date on ffep. D.J. similar with minor edge wear. Almost collectible Hemingway sampler ! QUote (p. 418) : " They sat together at a table that was close against the wall near the door of the cafe and looked at the terrace where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the shadow of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind. A girl and a soldier went by in the street. The street light shone on ._._._. . " Size: Octavo. …

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition. 1. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xx, 652 pp.