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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Fifth Column. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Fifth Column. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
A presentation copy of the first separate edition of Hemingway's only full-length play, inscribed: "To Mother with much love / Ernest / San Francisco de Paula Cuba." The inscription is not dated, but "Mother" likely refers to Mary Pfeiffer. This edition was published In June 1940, during the final months of Hemingway's marriage to Pauline Pfeiffer, his second wife, and Mary was her mother. The couple would divorce on 4 November 1940, and Hemingway would marry his third wife, Martha Gellhorn, only a few weeks later. Hemingway had met Gellhorn in 1936 and, by the time The Fifth Column was published, had been involved with her for years. Nonetheless, he corresponded at great length with Mary throughout 1939, writing at length on his progress with The Fifth Column: "The trip to N.Y. was an Old Testament nightmare. I re-wrote and then finally wrote two absolutely new acts. […] It should be called the 4.95 Column marked down from 5 now. It really is an awful business" (21 July 1939). Later in the year, he explained to his mother-in-law the turmoil at home and reassured her that he would continue to take care of his children. He closed "Much love and a good Christmas" (12 December 1939). Hemingway had misgivings while working on The Fifth Column, wishing he had written a novel instead. Hanneman A17.
Octavo (216 x 140mm). Original cloth (light dampstain to upper cover), dust jacket (minor toning, light chipping to extremities); in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase.
A presentation copy of the first separate edition of Hemingway's only full-length play, inscribed: "To Mother with much love / Ernest / San Francisco de Paula Cuba." The inscription is not dated, but "Mother" likely refers to Mary Pfeiffer. This edition was published In June 1940, during the final months of Hemingway's marriage to Pauline Pfeiffer, his second wife, and Mary was her mother. The couple would divorce on 4 November 1940, and Hemingway would marry his third wife, Martha Gellhorn, only a few weeks later. Hemingway had met Gellhorn in 1936 and, by the time The Fifth Column was published, had been involved with her for years. Nonetheless, he corresponded at great length with Mary throughout 1939, writing at length on his progress with The Fifth Column: "The trip to N.Y. was an Old Testament nightmare. I re-wrote and then finally wrote two absolutely new acts. […] It should be called the 4.95 Column marked down from 5 now. It really is an awful business" (21 July 1939). Later in the year, he explained to his mother-in-law the turmoil at home and reassured her that he would continue to take care of his children. He closed "Much love and a good Christmas" (12 December 1939). Hemingway had misgivings while working on The Fifth Column, wishing he had written a novel instead. Hanneman A17.
Octavo (216 x 140mm). Original cloth (light dampstain to upper cover), dust jacket (minor toning, light chipping to extremities); in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase.