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The Spanish Earth. by Hemingway, Ernest - 1938

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The Spanish Earth. by Hemingway, Ernest - 1938

The Spanish Earth.

by Hemingway, Ernest

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Cleveland: The J. B. Savage Company, 1938. First edition, first issue of Hemingway's commentary for the classic 1937 Joris Ivens film depicting the horrors of the Spanish Civil War; one of between 50 and 100 copies issued with the pictorial F.A.I. banner endpapers. Octavo, original tan cloth printed in black and orange, illustrated by Frederick K. Russell. One of 1000 numbered copies, this is copy number 29. Introduction by Jasper Wood. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. While in Spain covering the Spanish Civil War for the North American Newspaper Alliance, Hemingway agreed to take part in the funding of a to raise money for the Loyalist (Republican) cause in the war, in collaboration with several other literary figures including John Dos Passos, Lillian Hellman, Archibald MacLeish, and. Dorothy Parker. The resulting film, The Spanish Earth, was directed by Joris Ivens, based upon commentary by Hemingway and Dos Passos, and narrated by Orson Welles. Cleveland Heights High School student Jasper Wood acquired the rights to publish 1,000 copies of Hemingway's commentary for the film in 1938. Upon seeing the first issue of the book from the press, Hemingway wired Wood objecting to Wood's introduction because it gave him credit for the film which he felt belonged to Ivens and photographer John Ferno. He also objected to the large banner of the anarchist group F.A.I. (Federacion Anarquista Iberica) on the endpapers. A second issue was then bound with plain tan endpapers and a statement from Wood on the rear pastedown referring to Hemingway's objections, and noting: "Hemingway insisted that his share of the profits for this text be paid directly to Almuth Heulbrun, the widow of Dr. Werner Heilbrun, who was killed in action in Spain." "In a letter to the bibliographer, Jasper Wood estimated that there were between 50 and 100 copies of the first issue" (Hanneman A15a).
  • Bookseller Raptis Rare Books US (US)
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The J. B. Savage Company
  • Place of Publication Cleveland
  • Date Published 1938
  • Keywords Ernest Hemingway First Edition, The Spanish Earth First Edition

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Charleston (SC): 2014. Facsimile of First Edition, created by photographing both the original "bannered" edition and the "disclaimered" edition. Limited edition, this is #20 of 200, though the book is scarcer than even the limited print run would suggest. A Fine copy in printed wrappers.
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by Ernest Hemingway

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The J. B. Savage company, 1938T. hardcover. Very Good. . First edition, second issue (with plain endpapers). 8vo. Illustrated by Frederick K. Russell. With an introduction by Jasper Wood. One of 100 numbered copies. Includes a statement from Jasper Wood on the back endpaper that quotes from Hemingway's telegram of protest. Fine in slipcase, no dj as issued.
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Cleveland: J.B. Savage Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited to 1000 copies, this copy out of series. Introduction by Jasper Wood. Illustrations by Frederick K. Russell. Second state endpapers. Near Fine. Tan buckram, bumped at the top edge, with black and orange ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The text of Hemingway's narration for the film of the same title about the Spanish Civil War.
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Cleveland: The J. B. Savage Company, 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Second issue with plain endpapers. This is number 258 of 1000 copies. A fine copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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The Spanish Earth

by HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

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Cleveland: J.B. Savage Co., 1938. First Edition; second issue. Very good to fine. The only Hemingway first edition published by a high school student.
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Cleveland: The J. B. Savage Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing, number 433 of a limited 1,000 copies. Second state with plain end papers and disclaimer on the rear paste down. Near Fine. Light bowing to boards, light rubbing to cloth at corners, small stain to rear cover. Previous owner details in ink and emboss to front free end paper. The text of the narration of Hemingway's contribution to a 1938 film bearing the same name.
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The Spanish Earth (In the Publisher's Glassine Dustjacket)
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The Spanish Earth (In the Publisher's Glassine Dustjacket)

by Ernest Hemingway

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Cleveland: The J.B. Savage Company, 1938. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Frederick K. Russell. A very impressive copy of the 1938 stated 1st edition. #353 of 1,000 numbered copies issued. Purportedly the 2nd issue, with the blank --rather than the pictorial-- endpapers. This copy though includes its fragile and uncommon original dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp example of the unprinted glassine jacket, with a clean, thin tear running across the front panel and light chipping at the panel edges. The jacket is 95% complete and surely accounts for the superb condition of the book itself. 12mo, Introduction by Jasper Wood, the illustrations (woodblocks --or linocuts) by Frederick K. Russell. This deeply political work --set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War-- is essentially dedicated by Hemingway to John Dos Passos, Lillian Hellman and Archibald MacLeish.
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The Spanish Earth

by Ernest Hemingway (Narrator)

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Cleveland: J. B. Savage Company, 1938. Introduction by Jasper Wood; Limited to 1000 copies; Tan buckram, black titles, & red / orange illustration to cover, A near fine copy with three 3/8" tape stains on feps; 60 pages.. Illus. by Frederick K. Russell. 5"x7.5".
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The Spanish Earth.

by HEMINGWAY, Ernest

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Used - A fine copy in the original patterned glassine wrapper, which has some chipping but is largely intact. The proper glassine is u
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Cleveland:: J. B. Savage,, 1938.. First (limited) edition, first issue with F. A. I. banner on the endsheets. No. 135 of 1,000 copies.. publisher's pictorial cloth, in the original glassine wrapper and preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding clamshell box.. A fine copy in the original patterned glassine wrapper, which has some chipping but is largely intact. The proper glassine is uncommon. . 8vo,. Hanneman A 15 A
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The Spanish Earth [F. A. I. End Papers]
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The Spanish Earth [F. A. I. End Papers]

by HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

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Cleveland: The J. B. Savage Company, 1938. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Exceptionally scarce First Issue with F. A. I. banner end papers, one of fewer than 100 copies from a limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is number 116. (Hemingway so disliked the original orange end papers showing soldiers advancing beneath the flag of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica, or F. A. I, one of the pro-Republican belligerents in the Spanish Civil War, that after an estimated 50 to 100 copies were bound (so reported by the publisher in a letter to Hanneman) the endpapers were changed to plain.) Illustrated by Frederick K. Russell, with introduction by Jasper Wood. Small, slim 8vo: 60pp, with 7 full-page original charcoal drawings. Publisher's tan linen cloth, front cover lettered in black and decorated in orange, spine lettered in black, printed throughout in black on tan Linweave paper, absent the original glassine jacket (fresh one added). A superlative copy, covers and spine almost pristine… Read More
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