About this title: The definitive collection of the stories of Ernest Hemingway, with a preface by the author, originally published in 1938. Hemingway's short stories are considered his best work because of their controlled economy, the simplicity of their language, and Hemingway's constant struggle to get to the truth in a situation.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Acceptable. Heavy wear to cover; Moderate moisture damage; Poor Condition Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Good. Moderate cover wear and tear with pages appearing to be FREE of markings. Corner page folds present. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: SCRIBNER, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Good. Paperback in good condition. There is some edge wear, a couple corners are starting to dog-ear, and starting to split, pages are clean, [Satisfaction Guaranteed! ]. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Very Good. 0684803348. Softcover, in Very Good to Fine condition, no stamps or writing, book has just a hint of edge and corner wear, no other "flaws" to note, solid binding, clean bright unmarked pages, a nice looking book, ; At the age of twenty-two, Ernest Hemingway wrote his first short story, "Up in Michigan. " Seventeen years and forty-eight titles later, he was the undisputed master of the short-story form and the leading American man of letters. The Short Stories, introduced here with a ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 512 p. Audience: General/trade. Book has no visible wear and no writing on pages. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade, New York, NY, U. S. A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Good. 8vo. Cover is bumped. Pgs. are clean & tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scibner's Sons
Date Published: 1953
Description: Fair in Poor jacket. DJ has chipping, marks, tears, torn off pieces, tape, edgewear, -Cover has bumping, edgewear, chipping, dents, marks, fraying-Few marks on pgs-Yellowing-Marks & stamps on edge-Stamp & writing on FFEP-Cocked. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner, New York, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Used Good. The text has marking, it appears some of rhe pages have been re-glued and not aligned with the rest of the contents. The cover has light wear. read more
Edition: First edition. Scribner PB Fic ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803340ISBN:0684803348
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. well maintained softcopy, cover and all pgs. are clean and bright, inside end pgs. have minor soiling, also on pg. edge, tight binding, Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 512 p. Audience: General/trade. A classic collection of Ernest Hemingway's first forty-nine short stories features a brief introduction by the author and lesser known as well as familiar tales-including 'Up in Michigan-' 'Fifty Grand-' and 'The Light of the World ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780684837864ISBN:0684837862
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. This book is in fine condtion. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have not had use. The dust jacket is in very good condtion with bumps and scuffs. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The Folio Society., London.
Date Published: 1986
Description: Octavo (9in x 6in) black cloth spine and boards with repeated pattern. Gilt titling to spin on red label. xvi, 273pp. 12 illustrations. Stamp to recto of frontispiece indicates that this copy was once the property of the Library of Congress. Lacks slipcase. Else a nice clean copy. read more
Edition: First edition thus
Binding: Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards
Publisher: Scribner,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1997.
ISBN-13:9780684837864ISBN:0684837862
Description: Fine/Fine. This selection, originally published in 1938, is republished now in this "classics" series. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 457 pages. A fine, clean, neat, hard cover edition with minimal shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket. read more
"When Hemingway is good he is great, but often he is not. Plot and tension are almost entirely absent in these stories, the characters seem incapable of sentences longer than five words (often profanities), and the writing is so spare as to be inconsiderate. Every few pages you might find a gem of a phrase or maybe an entire story worth reading again. Ernest is far from being my favorite, though there are things one can learn from his craft."
"There are a few stories here, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and "The Capital of the World," that, all by themselves, would earn Hemingway a place in the canon. There are others, though, which are stupid, macho, self-destructive and infuriatingly awful. For the awful misuse of the amazing title "Hills Like White Elephants" alone, Hemingway should have been punched in the face. Judging from some of these stories, he would have liked it."
"From this collection I have read the following: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Indian Camp, The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife, The End of Something, The Three-Day Blow, Soldier's Home, Big Two-Hearted River: Part I, Big Two-Hearted River: Part II, and a Clean Well-Lighted Place"
"I really liked this compilation. I had read a few of them in college writing classes and liked them there too. I really liked Natural History of the Dead . And having the stories about Nick just put in there was really cool. I felt I was following his life, I really liked that it kept going back to him. Hemingway is an amazing writer and I recommend him to anyone."
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