9 vols. Esquire issues: Vol. I, No. 5, April 1934: "a. d. in Africa: A Tanganyika Letter." Pp. 19, 146. (Concerning amoebic dysentery). Hanneman C218; Vol. III, No. 6, June 1935: "On Being Shot Again: A Gulf Stream Letter." Pp. 25, 156 (Hemingway recounts how he shot himself in the calves of both legs while gaffing a shark). Hanneman C232; Vol. IV, No. 3, September 1935: "Notes on the Next War: A Serious Topical Letter." Pp. 19, 156. (An award winning story). Hanneman C235; Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1935: "Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter." Pp. 21, 174a, 174b. (Hemingway answers questions put to him by a young writer). Hanneman C237; Vol. IV, No. 5, November 1935: "The Malady of Power: A Second Serious Letter." Pp. 31, 198. (Regarding days when Hemingway was a "working newspaper man.") Hanneman C238; Vol. LXXIV, No. 4, October, 1970: "Bimini." pp. 121-137, 190. Book excerpt. (First publication of a 34,000-word excerpt from Part One of "Islands in the Stream"). With cover photograph of Hemingway, superimposed with seven lines from a page of the holograph manuscript. Hanneman Supplement, C64. * Holiday magazine, Vol. VI, No. 1, July 1949: "The Great Blue River." Pp. 60-63, 95-97. Photos by George Leavens. (Article about fishing in the Gulf Stream). Hanneman C351. * Ken magazines. Vol. I, No. 3, May 5, 1938: "The Cardinal Picks a Winner." Pp. 38. (Accompanied by 2 photos on page 39, the top one of dead children of whom Hemingway reports the Cardinal does not believe Franco would bomb, is credited to Hemingway). Hanneman C293; Vol. I, No. 6, June 16, 1938: "H. M.'s Loyal State Department." Pp. 36. (Hemingway accuses the fascists in the U.S. State Department of "doing the dirty work of a very temporary British policy."). Hanneman C299. Together, 9 magazines.
A collection of early Hemingway appearances, many with stories introduced here for the first time. Other stories by other authors include: A Good Job Gone & Tragedy at the Baths by Langston Hughes; Memoirs of a Hollywood Casanova by Jimmy Durante; Exit the Boob by E. E. Cummings; Hickory--Old and New & A Thing of Beauty by Ezra Pound; Arnold Pentland by Thomas Wolfe; Overland Journey by Theodore Dreiser; Visiting Stranger by Aldous Huxley and others.
Condition:
Light tears and creases to edges, soiling, spines somewhat bent from opening, a few with date numbers written to the upper front cover, Ken magazines with a bit more wear than others, Holiday magazine with spine ends bumped; overall very good, sold w.a.f.