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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. In Our Time. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.
Estimate: $400-$600
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Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). In Our Time. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
8vo. Original black cloth gilt, top edge stained yellow, others uncut (hinges loose, slight soiling, a touch of wear to extremities); morocco-backed folding case.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with "1925" and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. This edition of In Our Time was preceded only by a limited edition of 170 copies published by William Bird at the Three Mountain Press in Paris in 1924. The 16 short stories featured in the First American edition are interspersed with 16 inter-chapters or vignettes from the 1924 in our time. Hanneman A3a; Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z, pp.168-169.