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Ed Smith Books specializes in buying and selling literary first editions, photographic
monographs, screen and theater related material. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. Our location, on Bainbridge Island, is a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, Washington. Open by appointment. Member, ABAA.
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Uncorrected page proofs. Plain wrappers, ringbound at left margin. Oblong 4to. With text on rectos only. Reproduces two pages of text side-by-side on each sheet. With "Islands in the Stream / by / Hemingway / Uncorrected Copy" written on the front cover in an unknown hand. Laid in is an unused copy (like new except for being folded in half) of the dust jacket. It differs from the published jacket in not having the list of Hemingway's books on the reverse. In this unusual format it is likely that not many copies were produced. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM.
Hemingway, Ernest
New York: Scribner's, 1970. Uncorrected page proofs. Plain wrappers, ringbound at left margin. Oblong 4to. With text on rectos only. Reproduces two pages of.. more
Price: $750.00
Written by Frederick Faust, also known as Max Brand. The Montana Kid, "El Keed" south of the border, slips a marriage noose to join Mateo Rubriz, prince of Mexican outlaws, in a wild cross-border raid. The target: a gold and emerald crown stolen by the governor of Duraya from the church under his protection! A western rarity and a clean copy. MONTANA RIDES AGAIN.
Evans, Evan
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1934. Written by Frederick Faust, also known as Max Brand. The Montana Kid, "El Keed" south of the border, slips a.. more
Price: $400.00
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book was edited by Max Perkins,who also edited books by Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ralwings had submitted several projects to Perkins for his review, and he rejected them all. He instructed her to write about what she knew from her own life,and the result of her taking his advice is between these pages. THE YEARLING.
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book was edited by Max Perkins,who also edited books by Ernest Hemingway and F... more
Price: $600.00
A collection of mystery stories that contains a story which Ellery Queen in Queen's Quorum (p. 66) writes, "the author's detective masterpiece, The Hands of Mr. Ottermole. This short story, the last word in the evocation of atmosphere and terror on the printed page," Laid into this sharp clean copy is a TLS from A.H. Goldstone to Morris Goldstone, dated March 29, 1956 concering this book. THE PLEASANTRIES OF OLD QUONG.
Burke,Thomas
London: Constable & Co, 1931. A collection of mystery stories that contains a story which Ellery Queen in Queen's Quorum (p. 66) writes, "the author's.. more
Price: $500.00
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