The Fifth Column by Hemingway, Ernest

Scribners. hardcover. Hemingway, Ernest : The Fifth Column and four unpublished stories of the Spanish Civil War. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Later printing ("B.10.69[C]" to CP). Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering/ornamentation to spine, reprod of the author's signature to front board. Glossy b&w, red dj. Plain white endpapers. [Vi] pp prelim material, 151 numbered pp, plus three blank. Also included: "The Denunciation", "The Butterfly and the Tank", "Night Before Battle", and "Under the Ridge." Condition notes: glue residue and scrapes to ffep where a pocket or similar was removed, as well as pencil notes/former owner's name, discreetly, in pen; ghost tape marks to both free endpapers - else lacks hallmarks of ex-library copy. DJ is unclipped, tanned, mylar-sheathed, slight fold to tail front flap. Pages tanned but clean. We personally inspect every book we offer.