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A FINE COPY

Ernest Hemingway: Winner Take Nothing, first editionHEMINGWAY, ERNEST.  

Winner Take Nothing

"Unlike all other forms of lutte or combat the conditions are that the winner shall take nothing; neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notions of glory; nor, if he win far enough, shall there be any reward within himself."

FIRST EDITION of one of Hemingway's most accomplished collections of short stories. Included among the 14 selections are such classics as "After the Storm," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," "The Light of the World," "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen," and "Fathers and Sons."

New York: Scribner's, 1933. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt paper labels, original dust jacket; custom half-leather box. A fine copy, scarce in this condition. $4600.

 

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