HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon.
London, Jonathan Cape, 1932.
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Hemingway's exploration of professional bullfighting, a spectacle he saw more as a heroic, tragic ceremony than as a sport.
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (22.5 x 15.5 cm); colour frontispiece after 'The Bullfighter' painting by Juan Gris, 81 black & white photographic illustrations, one or two light marginal thumb-smudges, else unmarked internally; finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, modern half red morocco over red cloth boards lined in gilt, spine in 6 one-line gilt-panelled compartments with gilt ribs and lettering, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, very minor signs of wear to extremities, else very good; 360pp.
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (22.5 x 15.5 cm); colour frontispiece after 'The Bullfighter' painting by Juan Gris, 81 black & white photographic illustrations, one or two light marginal thumb-smudges, else unmarked internally; finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, modern half red morocco over red cloth boards lined in gilt, spine in 6 one-line gilt-panelled compartments with gilt ribs and lettering, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, very minor signs of wear to extremities, else very good; 360pp.
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Death in the Afternoon.
Regular price
$891.00
Sale price
$891.00
Regular price