Hemingway (Ernest) To Have and Have Not
£450
New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937.
First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.50.
Following Florida fishing-boat captain Harry Morgan’s descent into smuggling and violence during the Depression, Hemingway blends social critique with his spare, hard-edged style; it is his only novel set largely in the United States and reflects the economic dislocation of the era.
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Large, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper; cloth slightly softened at head of spine; jacket with edge wear, including some chipping with minor loss.
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