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 Very Good condition with clean, bright boards, good title gilt on a tilted spine and stronger gilt on the front facsimile signature. Also, a few stains on the page blocks, tight binding, heavy spine tilt, rolled spine ends, heavy bottom edge wear, and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s name on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or 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 the first name and phone number written in ink on the back cover and heavy surface and 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!
