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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. In Our Time. London: Jonathan Cape, 1926.
8o. Original green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt (minor darkening to free endpapers near hinges); dust jacket (some age-toning to spine panel and at edges, a few minor nicks and short tears at edges). Provenance: Dr. Don Carlos Guffey, Hemingway's family doctor (presentation inscription).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO HIS FAMILY DOCTOR on the front free endpaper: "To Dr. Guffey this copy emasculated and anglicized by Jonathan Cape for British consumption Ernest Hemingway." The Cape English edition differs significantly from the American edition published the previous year. Cape smoothed over some of Hemingway's coarser language and "translated" some of the American slang. "Textual changes were made in several of the stories, most notably in 'Mr. and Mrs. Elliot' and the ending of 'A Very Short Story'"(Hanneman, p. 79).
Dr. Don Carlos Guffey was Hemingway's family doctor. He delivered both of Hemingway's children by his second wife Pauline--Patrick, born in June 1928, and Gregory, born in November 1931. His interest in Hemingway was not limited to the medical front. Guffey was also one of the first serious collectors of Hemingway books and manuscripts, and he solicited inscriptions from Hemingway that, like this one, said something about Hemingway's attitude toward a particular book. The Guffey Collection was sold in 1958, and comprised the first comprehensive Hemingway collection ever to appear at auction. Hanneman A32a.
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO HIS FAMILY DOCTOR on the front free endpaper: "To Dr. Guffey this copy emasculated and anglicized by Jonathan Cape for British consumption Ernest Hemingway." The Cape English edition differs significantly from the American edition published the previous year. Cape smoothed over some of Hemingway's coarser language and "translated" some of the American slang. "Textual changes were made in several of the stories, most notably in 'Mr. and Mrs. Elliot' and the ending of 'A Very Short Story'"(Hanneman, p. 79).
Dr. Don Carlos Guffey was Hemingway's family doctor. He delivered both of Hemingway's children by his second wife Pauline--Patrick, born in June 1928, and Gregory, born in November 1931. His interest in Hemingway was not limited to the medical front. Guffey was also one of the first serious collectors of Hemingway books and manuscripts, and he solicited inscriptions from Hemingway that, like this one, said something about Hemingway's attitude toward a particular book. The Guffey Collection was sold in 1958, and comprised the first comprehensive Hemingway collection ever to appear at auction. Hanneman A32a.