Pulp Edition of To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

First Edition

[Pulp] Hemingway's novel that made him famous world-wide and explored his ideas of political activism during the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway, Ernest. To Have And Have Not. New York: Perma Books, 1956. First edition third printing mass market paperback pulp. 180 pages. Measures 4.25" x 6.5". Blistering tale of a Florida Straits boat captain named Harry Morgan desperately trying to survive the economic ravages of the Great Depression by running rum and revolutionaries to Havana. Initially criticized for its fragmented form and approach to politics, the novel made Hemingway a household name and led to three movie adaptations, including one co-written by William Faulkner starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Hemingway experienced a political change of heart while covering the Spanish Civil War and revised a narrative with ideals of activism and intervention that Hemingway felt essential to halting the global rise of fascism. Cover features a vintage illustration by Tom Dunn of a sailor sitting at a table while a woman stares longingly from a doorway behind him. Back cover tagline reads: "Hard, Ruthless, Implacable." Slight wear from use around foreedge but overall in very good condition.

Item #19930

Price: $75.00