[HEMINGWAY, ERNEST]. The Trapeze: Weekly News Organ of the Oak Park and River Forest Township High School. Oak Park, Ill., 27 October 1916-19 March 1920. 39 issues, large folio, a few numbers with wear and tears to folds repaired with occasional loss, a few issues wrinkled; each number in separate white, gilt-dated folder, all in half morocco slipcase. A COMPLETE SET OF THE ISSUES WITH HEMINGWAY'S CONTRIBUTIONS DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR: 19 issues contain 31 contributions (articles, columns, poems, and editorials) by him during the school year 1916-1917, when he was one of the five associate editors (along with his sister Marcelline), who alternated weekly as Editor. In addition there are 3 issues for the same period where Hemingway is only listed as an associate editor and/or is mentioned in the text; 10 issues from the period December 1917-March 1919, reporting on Hemingway's subsequent career in newspaper work and his war experiences and return home; and 7 other issues, 1917-1920. Only 2 issues of The Trapeze are lacking -- neither of which contains a Hemingway contribution -- for a full senior year run. Hanneman C11-21, 23-30, and H11, 14, 15. See Charles A. Fenton, The Apprenticeship of Ernest Hemingway: The Early Years (New York, 1954). In very good condition and OF GREAT RARITY: generally no more than a number or two of The Trapeze are found in any Hemingway collection.Provenance: Jonathan Goodwin (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 29 March 1977, lot 127). (39)

[HEMINGWAY, ERNEST]. The Trapeze: Weekly News Organ of the Oak Park and River Forest Township High School. Oak Park, Ill., 27 October 1916-19 March 1920. 39 issues, large folio, a few numbers with wear and tears to folds repaired with occasional loss, a few issues wrinkled; each number in separate white, gilt-dated folder, all in half morocco slipcase. A COMPLETE SET OF THE ISSUES WITH HEMINGWAY'S CONTRIBUTIONS DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR: 19 issues contain 31 contributions (articles, columns, poems, and editorials) by him during the school year 1916-1917, when he was one of the five associate editors (along with his sister Marcelline), who alternated weekly as Editor. In addition there are 3 issues for the same period where Hemingway is only listed as an associate editor and/or is mentioned in the text; 10 issues from the period December 1917-March 1919, reporting on Hemingway's subsequent career in newspaper work and his war experiences and return home; and 7 other issues, 1917-1920. Only 2 issues of The Trapeze are lacking -- neither of which contains a Hemingway contribution -- for a full senior year run. Hanneman C11-21, 23-30, and H11, 14, 15. See Charles A. Fenton, The Apprenticeship of Ernest Hemingway: The Early Years (New York, 1954). In very good condition and OF GREAT RARITY: generally no more than a number or two of The Trapeze are found in any Hemingway collection. Provenance: Jonathan Goodwin (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 29 March 1977, lot 127). (39)

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[HEMINGWAY, ERNEST]. The Trapeze: Weekly News Organ of the Oak Park and River Forest Township High School. Oak Park, Ill., 27 October 1916-19 March 1920. 39 issues, large folio, a few numbers with wear and tears to folds repaired with occasional loss, a few issues wrinkled; each number in separate white, gilt-dated folder, all in half morocco slipcase. A COMPLETE SET OF THE ISSUES WITH HEMINGWAY'S CONTRIBUTIONS DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR: 19 issues contain 31 contributions (articles, columns, poems, and editorials) by him during the school year 1916-1917, when he was one of the five associate editors (along with his sister Marcelline), who alternated weekly as Editor. In addition there are 3 issues for the same period where Hemingway is only listed as an associate editor and/or is mentioned in the text; 10 issues from the period December 1917-March 1919, reporting on Hemingway's subsequent career in newspaper work and his war experiences and return home; and 7 other issues, 1917-1920. Only 2 issues of The Trapeze are lacking -- neither of which contains a Hemingway contribution -- for a full senior year run. Hanneman C11-21, 23-30, and H11, 14, 15. See Charles A. Fenton, The Apprenticeship of Ernest Hemingway: The Early Years (New York, 1954). In very good condition and OF GREAT RARITY: generally no more than a number or two of The Trapeze are found in any Hemingway collection.

Provenance: Jonathan Goodwin (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 29 March 1977, lot 127). (39)