Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist, 1899-1961
Hemingway had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction works, were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.
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Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger (1899–1961). Eigenh. Albumblatt geschrieben unterhalb seines Portrait mit Unterschrift. ohne Ort und Datum [um 1954]. 295 : 210 mm (Trägerkarton).
$ 3,826 / 3.500 €
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Das montierte Porträt stammt aus dem Life Magazine vom 8. November 1954, das sich auf acht Seiten dem gerade gekürten Literaturnobelpreisträger desselben Jahres widmete. Das ikonische Photo wurde von Leonard McCombe in Hemingways kubanischem Domizil aufgenommen. – Die obere rechte Ecke des Trägerkartons leicht knickspurig.
American novelist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961). Signed and inscribed photograph (on the verso of a bullfighter’s image). Pamplona. 125 : 90 mm.
$ 9,292 / 8.500 €
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A privately taken photograph of Hemingway (105 : 75 mm) at Pamplona with English visitors Olive and Doreen Mills, unsigned. All three smiling at the photographer’s lense. There is a photograph of the Spanish bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez surrounded by a group of people. This photograph is signed, inscribed, and dated by Hemingway: „To Doreen with all good wishes always | Ernesto Hemingway | Pamplona | 12/7/59“. Hemingway visited Pamplona eight times between 1924-1959 and he stayed on his last visit to Pamplona from July 7-14, 1959. Included is also a photograph showing Antonio Ordóñez, the famous Spanish bullfighter, signed, inscribed on the image.
Ordóñez met a number of writers and actors, and he also starred in a few films. Antonio was a long time friend of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called Father Ernesto. Hemingway wrote an account of Ordóñez's rivalry with the matador Luis Miguel Dominguín (also Ordóñez's brother-in-law) titled The Dangerous Summer..
American novelist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961). Signed and inscribed photograph (on the verso of a bullfighter’s image). Pamplona. 114 : 88 mm.
$ 8,199 / 7.500 €
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A privately taken photograph of Hemingway (75 : 105 mm) at Pamplona with English visitors Olive and Doreen Mills, unsigned. All three smiling at the photographer’s lense. There is a photograph of the Spanish bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez surrounded by a group of people. This photograph is signed, inscribed, and dated by Hemingway: „To Olive | always | Ernesto Hemingway | Pamplona | 12/7/59“. Hemingway visited Pamplona eight times between 1924-1959 and he stayed on his last visit to Pamplona from July 7-14, 1959. Ordóñez met a number of writers and actors, and he also starred in a few films.
Antonio was a long time friend of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called Father Ernesto. Hemingway wrote an account of Ordóñez's rivalry with the matador Luis Miguel Dominguín (also Ordóñez's brother-in-law) titled The Dangerous Summer..
American novelist, Nobel laureate (1899-1961). Collection of 3 typed letters (1 with some autograph lines, all signed ("Ernie"). San Francisco de Paula (Cuba). Large 4to. Altogether 2½ pp. on 3 pp. With one autogr. envelope.
$ 13,665 / 12.500 €
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To George Brown, the owner of a gymnasium in Manhattan, Hemingway's personal trainer, boxing coach, and friend. - I: Hemingway's affection for his sporting pal is evident in this revealing and highly personal letter, written shortly before Ernest and Mary left for an African safari: "How are you kid? Mary sends her best. We are fine and in very good shape and think of you often. Were out on a trip together on the boat for two weeks and we go to bed every night after it gets dark and have plenty of time to talk and to sleep good [...]".
Hemingway then gives news of his sons, and mentions his youngest son ("Gig"), who, in his early twenties, was turning violently hostile to his father: "I am sorry I spoke against Gig since he is a friend of yours and used to be of mine as well as my favorite son. But he changed very strange very fast. As bad as though the devil was managing him. I couldn't ever see him again; not even to go and see him hanged. But if he seems good to you, O.K. I haven't heard from him since last November when he came of age [...]" (Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, May 12, 1953). - II: Written on the eve of the latter's visit to Cuba and while preparations are being made for the film of The Old Man And The Sea: "George you can't have any confidence in any of those characters. They are all tighter than a hogs ass in fly time. That Goldwyn kid was nice as could be when it was a question of seeing us and thus becoming an old pal of old Ernie […]" (ibid., August 18, 1955). - III: Written from his sickbed. Preparations were still being made for the film mentioned above, and Hemingway had spent September trying to get actions shots of leaping marlins for the producer Leland Hayward. Apparently, too, Hemingway was making an effort to get Brown involved in getting Spencer Tracy in shape, for he writes: "I am very sorry about [Peter] Viertel [wrote the screenplay] behaving so carelessly. He is a very selfish boy but I think he has a little bit of an excuse in that he was with Zinneman on the script and was expecting you out there. While Zinneman was down here we discussed the whole thing about your getting Spencer in shape and agreed it was absolutely necessary and we spoke about it again on the long distance phone […]" (ibid., November 25, 1955; with several autogr. lines in pencil). - On personal stationery of Finca Vigia. - Partly light-soiled, otherwise in fine condition..
Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger (1899–1961). Eigenh. Widmung und Unterschrift in: „The Old Man And The Sea“. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1952. Havana. 8vo.
$ 9,292 / 8.500 €
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Spätere Ausgabe des bedeutenden Werkes mit eigenh. Widmung „For Karl Karlsson | remembering a happy meeting on ,Vretaholm’ Best always Ernest Hemingway Havana 1955.“ Der Umschlag mit deutlichen Gebrauchsspuren und Einrissen. Als Hemingway 1954 der Literaturnobelpreis verliehen wurde, konnte er aufgrund von Verletzungen nach einem Flugzeugabsturz nicht nach Stockholm kommen, um den Preis entgegenzunehmen. Im Januar 1955 wurde Hemingway daher auf Initiative des Reeders Tor Erland Broström zu einem verspäteten Nobelpreis-Mittagessen auf dem Schiff M/S Vretaholm eingeladen, das in Havanna ankerte.
Etwa 20 Gäste waren bei dem dreistündigen Mittagessen anwesend. Für das Essen sorgte Chefsteward Karl „Kalle“ Karlsson aus Halmstad, der am nächsten Tag von Hemingways Sekretärin Hemingways eigenes Exemplar von „Der alte Mann und das Meer“ mit einer schönen Widmung als Geschenk überreicht bekam..
American writer and Nobel Laureate (1899-1961). Autograph letter signed. Key West, FL. 4to. 2 pages. With autograph envelope.
$ 13,665 / 12.500 €
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To Arnold Gingrich in New York, following their chance first meeting at House of Books. While in New York, Hemingway had met Gingrich on the 20th of January at House of Books, run by Capt. Louis Henry Cohn. Hemingway had gone there to discuss a limited edition of his story "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen", which Cohn was to publish in April. Quite by accident, Gingrich was also at House of Books, to purchase (for $75) a copy of Hemingway's "Three Stories and Ten Poems". Now back home in Key West, Hemingway writes: "It was a great pleasure to meet you and I was only sorry that I had to leave to get to the hotel to pack [...] Anytime you send the book I will be glad to write in it.
[...] That Capt. Cohn is a strange bird. He will write, wire, bother, pester and drive you for something until you give it in order to be let alone but when I finally give him a hell of a good story [see above] he never even writes to acknowledge it. (The way of a bibliographer in the air) I hope to Christ he won't go around defending me against adverse reviews - a role he was outlining as you came in. I know what I am doing and need no defence. I don't mind attacks. If they have any truth I learn something from them and if they are all wrong they don't worry me [...] I respect you [...] But I do not respect and actively dislike all the non-combatants and camp followers of the arts [...]"..
American writer and Nobel Laureate (1899-1961). Autograph letter signed. [Paris]. 4to. 6 pages on 3 ff. With autograph envelope.
$ 16,398 / 15.000 €
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A wide-ranging letter to Arnold Gingrich in Chicago ("Dear Major G"), editor of the newly minted "Esquire" magazine, written ten days after the publication of "Winner Take Nothing". Half of the letter is about writing short stories; the rest concerns Esquire (Hemingway’s comments on the first issue, his editorial advice, his arrangements with the magazine, etc.): "Your statement [in a recent letter] about when and where stories published absolutely correct and exactly what I wrote Scribners in July.
Also wrote them what magazines to give credit to. That hasn’t been done either. I am not responsible for their front matter. OK-ed final proof by cable with corrections. Never saw jacket until got book at Sylvia Beach’s [Shakespeare and Co. in Paris] [...] 'Mother of a Queen' and 'Day’s Wait' [stories in 'Winner Take Nothing'] are better stories than you think they are. But thanks very much for taking the trouble to comment. Trouble with 'One Reader Writes' [another story in the book] is that letter is exactly true and because I didn’t make you a picture of the woman. Papa was careless or it was too hot that day in Havana. I’ve written 3 books of stories now and there are 2 unsuccessful ones in the 3 books. I mean that [they] don’t do what they are supposed to do. There are no phony ones [...] Also when you have the time mark a volume - any one - of De Maupassant, Turgenieff, Chekov, Kipling, Merimee and see how you come out on stars and how many phonies there are. Turgenieff and Kipling rate plenty high. I’ve written more good stories and as good stories as Turgenieff - already. Kipling wrote 20 times as many and a damned sight better stories than I have. But I am going to get better as I get older and he didn't. So may have a chance. All right - Take a book of stories by [Sherwood] Anderson, [Morley] Callaghan, Faulkner and Co. Shit. I don’t compete with those punks. Faulkner will go straight for a damned fine wonderful first paragraph - Then get tired and start faking all over the place - Morley was damned honest but dull. He’s still dull. Since it seemed I learned everything I know from Sherwood better not criticize him. But the funny thing is that Sherwood and I both learned everything we knew at the start not from Stein but where Stein learned it - From Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Anderson, however, wrote some damned fine stories [...]"..
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Eigenh. Albumblatt mit U.
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Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger. E. Albumblatt mit Widmung und U. O. O. u. D. 1 S. 4to. "To Richard Ehm | with all good wishes" – Mit alt montiertem Portrait (Zeitungsausschnitt).
Exceptional group of four letters from Hemingway to his close friend Guy Hickok.
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Autograph envelope signed.
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Autograph letter signed ("Ernie").
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To George Brown, the owner of a gymnasium in Manhattan, Hemingway's personal trainer, boxing coach, and friend. In early 1954 Ernest and Mary Hemingway suffered two near-fatal plane crashes in Uganda, and Hemingway's injuries were extensive. According to Carlos Baker, "The crash at Butiaba and the fire at Shimoni had [...] left him no more than a shadow of his former vigor […]". - "Just got your letter of Jan 14 George forwarded back from Nairobi. Sure glad you liked the first hooks piece with the pictures. We'd only been out 4-5 weeks then and I wasn't really in shape. In 5 months of that stuff got down to under 190 before those crashes. Now no exercise since Jan 23-24th except early necessary damaging exercise (pitching rocks left-handed with a busted back type of exercise). Good thing I was in shape though. All doctors look at you like some kind of freak like Joe Grimm because you are alive. Am tired of being so smashed up. But always remember you and your head. We beat this one I guess but the smashed vertebrae etc is a no good rap […]" ([Madrid], May 24, 1954).
Typed letter signed ("Ernie").
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Autograph letter signed ("Wemedge").
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Typescript letter signed ("Ernest Hemingway") with autograph corrections and postscript.
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Eigenh. Albumblatt mit U. ("Ernest Hemingemingway").
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A playful inscription to the leaf of a Paris salonnière's guest book: "To Anna chez elle à où qu'elle se trouve - de son ami / Ernest Hemingemingway". - Edges a little browned. The verso has an additional French inscription by the pianist Magda Tagliaferro.