Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917-1961.

[HEMINGWAY, Ernest]. Edited by Carol Baker.

Item Number: 120106

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.

First edition of the first published collection of Hemingway’s personal letters. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

While many people are familiar with the public image of Hemingway and the legendary accounts of his life, few knew him as an intimate. Now, with this collection of letters - the first to be published - a new Hemingway emerges. Ranging from 1917 to 1961, this generous selection of nearly 600 letters is, in effect, both a self-portrait and an autobiography. In his own words, Hemingway reveals himself to a wide variety of people: family, friends, enemies, editors, translators, and almost all the prominent writers of his day.