Across the River and Into the Trees *****UK ADVANCE READING COPY******

Hemingway, Ernest

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1950

Beschreibung

An exceptionally rare first edition copy of this Hemingway post war novel set in Venice. This is the advance proof copy of the Jonathan Cape UK 1st actually issued ahead of the US 1st. Marked First Published 1950. The 254 page volume is tightly bound in illustrated wrappers that model the hardcover first edition dust wrapper. The contents are clean and unmarked. The wrappers are bright and complete although with rubbing to corners and spine and a split where the front flap joins. Unclipped. This is a very rare item for the Hemingway collector. The book does not state "proof" or "advance reading copy" or anything of that kind; but that is what it is. The English edition was published on September 4, 1950, preceding the American edition by three days. This advance copy is described in the Hemingway bibliography by Audre Hanneman in a note to the entry on the first English edition, A44a. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009651

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Across the River and Into the Trees *****UK ...

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1950

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition