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Lot 41
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
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$3,520
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[HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)]. GERHARDI, William (1895-1977). Memoirs of a Polyglot. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931.
8vo. Original blue cloth, printed spine labels (sunning to spine and boards, spine head worn). Provenance: Ruth White Lowry (1884-1974), Hemingway's cousin and Kansas City native (recipient of Hemingway's inscription).
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO HIS COUSIN, RUTH LOWRY: "Dear Ruth: – This is funny in places but my what a dreadful little squirt wrote it. You get to hate him if you read enough of it. – Ernest."
Property from a Private St. Louis Collection