Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of A Moveable Feast: Sketches of the Author’s Life in Paris in the Twenties by Ernest Hemingway in an unclipped dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1964 Scribner’s. First Printing with A-3.64 (H) code on the copyright page.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine and the front facsimile signature. Also, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with a rubbed crease on the front, mild surface wear and heavy edge wear. First state jacket with $4.95 price on the front flap. Looks good in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Widely celebrated and debated by critics and readers everywhere, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap. A real beauty!
