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London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Memoir] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. 92. Publisher's lime-green softcovers, typographic dust-jacket with 'PROOF ONLY' text to rear flap with provisional publication date printed below. 125-128 chips to edges of paper where the pages have been snipped, toning to edges of textblock, light spotting to top-edge, wearing to corners, dust-jacket has a little bit of white paint on spine and back cover, wearing to dust-jacket spine. Very good. Proof copies feature the mis-print 'movable' for 'moveable' to the title page and the wraps. This memoir features Hemingway's recollections and experiences of the prominent characters and personalities including Aleister Crowley, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, Hilaire Belloc, James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. Item #64860
Price: £295.00
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