HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
8vo. Color printed frontispiece, numerous plates from photographs. Original black cloth gilt (light wear to spine ends, dust jacket in pieces and laid into rear). Provenance: Ruth White Lowry (1884-1974), Hemingway's cousin and Kansas City native (recipient of Hemingway's inscription).
FIRST EDITION with Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO HIS COUSIN, RUTH LOWRY: "To Ruth, in whose house the best parts of this book were written (in order not to break a precedent), with very much affection, Ernest Hemingway."
Hemingway and Pauline returned to Kansas City in 1931, as Pauline was pregnant with their second son, Gregory Hancock, and wished to have Dr. Guffey perform the cesarean delivery. The Hemingways lived first with Ernest's cousin Ruth Lowry before moving into the Riviera Apartments when Pauline's delivery nears. It was during this November stay when Hemingway completed Death in the Afternoon. Hanneman 10a.
Property from a Private St. Louis Collection
