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TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT; Edited with an Introduction by Patrick Hemingway
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684849216
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849218
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over green boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 319 pages + [2] Editor's Acknowledgements. Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical style, life of adventure and public image have been very influential. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.<br/><br/>True at First Light is about Hemingway's 1953-54 East African safari with his fourth wife Mary, released posthumously in his centennial year in 1999.<br/><br/>EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! No remainder marks.
Synopsis
Both revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer. The book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession and Ernest becomes involved with a young African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Increasingly enchanted by the local African community, he struggles between the attraction of these two women and the wildly different cultures they represent. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparallel beauty of the landscape. Rich in laughter, beauty and profound insight. True at First Light is an extraordinary publishing event -- a breathtaking final work from one of our most beloved and important writers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6260
- Title
- TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT; Edited with an Introduction by Patrick Hemingway
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684849216
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849218
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Cuba, fishing, adventure, age, Pulitzer Prize, Bahamas, Gult Stream, marlin, Africa, marriage, natives, danger, love, ; from HP $15 list
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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