Hemingway, Ernest. To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937. First edition, first printing with the letter “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page. Robert F. Taylor stamp on endpaper. Octavo, 262 pages. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine; green title blocks on the spine with gilt lettering.
The book stamp indicates it was owned by Robert F. Taylor, potentially the American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era.
Condition:
Good+ first-issue dust jacket (with the original $2.50 price and no mention of later printings), some rubbing and wear to the sides and cover, some chipping on corners and top and bottom of the spine. Protected in mylar. Very good hardcover with some light edge wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are clean.
Hemingway’s only novel set in the United States, To Have and Have Not explores themes of economic disparity and moral ambiguity in Depression-era Key West. A significant work in his oeuvre, adapted into the classic 1944 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
