Lot 4442
(Hemingway, Ernest). Winner Take Nothing. First edition of Hemingway's distinguished collection of short stories that secured his reputation as a master of short fiction. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Octavo, original black cloth with gold paper labels; original dust jacket. This collection of 14 stories includes "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," "After the Storm," and "A Natural History of the Dead." Six of the stories made their first appearance here. This outstanding example is one of the finest known, with only the lightest wear to edges and spine ends, and is in exceptional condition. One of the rarest Hemingway first editions, seldom found this choice.
Winner Take Nothing was epochal in Hemingway's career, the major catalyst that sent him -- for the next three decades -- on to fame, fortune, and Hollywood immortalization. In a very real sense, it did for him what The Pickwick Papers did for Dickens.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
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