Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional second edition, third printing of Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway with no dust jacket. Presumed
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Good condition, with bright, illustrated covers with several creases, toned page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a tilted spine, a tight binding with one mild spine crack, rubbed spine ends, heavy edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Good condition with the previous owner’s name on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway’s lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. Hemingway’s well-known interest in – and fascination with – big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. It is an examination of the lure of the hunt and an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
