Description
The first edition, first printing of Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway, in the publisher’s fine dust jacket.
Octavo, [10], 466pp, [4]. Green cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The first printing, with Scribner’s code “A-9.70 (V)” on copyright page. Yellow map endpapers. Appears unread. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, $10.00 retail price on front flap, bright illustrations.
(Hanneman, Supplement 17a) (Grissom A.42.1.a)
Hemingway’s first posthumously published novel, it centered on the painter Thomas Hudson and was divided into three sections: Bimini, Cuba, and At Sea.
