In Our Time

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1930. 2nd American Edition. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [front hinge a little weak but not cracked, some spotting to the front cover, light dust-soiling to the top edge, age-toning to fore-edge, spine slightly faded, paper spine label intact but worn and creased]. 1930 republication of Hemingway's first story collection, originally published as a short chapbook in 1924 and in a much-expanded edition (under the same title) in 1925. This edition, identical in content to the 1925 edition (with the exception of a new Introduction, by Edmund Wilson), was issued after Hemingway had risen to prominence on the strength of his novella "The Torrents of Spring" and his novels "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms," all published between 1926 and 1929. Scribner's, Hemingway's publisher since early 1926, bought the rights to this collection from its previous publisher (Boni & Liveright) and reissued it with a jacket design similar in style to those of the two novels (all were designed by "Cleon"). NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. .