Winner Take Nothing [First Edition]

First printing with A and Scribner's seal at copyright in first state original wrapper. Very attractive. Black coated cloth boards, bright gold labels at cover and spine, light shelf wear, rub Deckled pages near fine with attractive toning. Deep red top edge. String-bind fine, square; hinges intact. Scarce wrapper, some edge wear, some spine chip; unclipped 2.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Front and back panels, flaps, near very good; classic design in black with red stripe and white titles. First state indicated by Laurence Stallings "Death in the Afternoon Review" review at back panel. Rare near fine first edition in fair wrapper. Ernest Hemingway's third collection of short stories and first new book of fiction since the publication of "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929 contains fourteen stories of varying length. Some appeared in magazines, but the majority had not been previously published. Characters and backgrounds are widely varied. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is about an old Spanish Beggar. "Homage to Switzerland" concerns various conversations at a Swiss railway-station restaurant. "The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" is laid in the accident ward of a hospital in western USA. Hemingway made his literary start as a short-story writer and excelled in this medium with this selection revealing some of his best. 244 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…