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HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. Today is Friday. [Englewood, N.J.: The As Stable Publications, 1926]. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, stiched as issued, with Jean Cocteau drawing reproduced on front cover, original printed publisher's envelope (flap detached). Limited to 300 numbered copies (260 for sale). This one-act play dealing with the crucifixion of Christ was republished the following year in Men Without Women -- [Bastard Note. New York: Louis Henry Cohn, December 1931]. 4to, broadside. Limited to 93 copies (this no. 78). A facsimile of Hemingway's corrected proof sheet of the legal disclaimer that was added to the second printing of A Farewell to Arms (1929). Reproduces Hemingway's signature and his humorous marginal note about the use by printers of the term "bastard" (rather that "illegitimate child") to refer to a leaf that is subsequently added to a book. Together 2 items. FIRST EDITION. Hanneman A5a &F150. In fine condition. (2)