Winner Take Nothing by HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961) - 1933

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First printing ("A" on copyright page and "wo" for "two," p. 159, l. 20 ) of the author's fourth collection of short stories, including his "small masterpiece of existential fiction," "A Clean, Well Lighted Place," which Joyce called "one of the best short stories ever written." (Literary Encyclopedia). 8vo (185 x 126mm): [8],244pp. Publisher's black calico-grain cloth, recessed gold foil labels printed in black on upper cover and spine, top edge stained pinkish-red, fore-edge rough-trimmed; typographic dust jacket, printed in black, yellow, and crimson and priced $2.00, with Stallings review on back panel. About Fine (top stain gently faded), square, tight, and clean throughout; about Fine jacket (very minor restoration to small nick on rear panel, not affecting lettering or design). Hanneman 12A. Grissom A.12.1.a. Six of the fourteen stories in this collection appear here for the first time, and many would be republished often in later collections. Nick Adams, Hemingway's enduring hero, reappears twice, in a war story, "A Way You'll Never Be," and in the final story, "Fathers and Sons." That story "closes a narrative cycle begun in In Our Time with 'Indian Camp' and marks the last chapter in Nick Adams's biography to be published during Hemingway's lifetime." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).