New York: First Edition Library, 1991. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2350431

1991 replica. Includes publisher's slipcase and insert. Jacket slightly wrinkled from previous owner applying mylar cover too tightly (now removed), jacket spine a bit faded. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.

232 pp. 8vo. Black cloth, paper labels on spine and front board. Hemingway's second collection of short stories. Includes: The Undefeated; In Another Country; Hills Like White Elephants; The Killers; Che Ti Dice La Patria?; Fifty Grand; A Simple Enquiry; Ten Indians; A Canary for One; An Alpine Idyll; A Pursuit Race; Today Is Friday; Banal Story; Now I Lay Me. "First published in 1927, Men Without Women represents some of Hemingway's most important and compelling early writing. In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to examine the themes that would occupy his later works: the casualties of war, the often uneasy relationship between men and women, sport and sportsmanship. In "Banal Story," Hemingway offers a lasting tribute to the famed matador Maera. "In Another Country" tells of an Italian major recovering from war wounds as he mourns the untimely death of his wife. "The Killers" is the hard-edged story about two Chicago gunmen and their potential victim. Nick Adams makes an appearance in "Ten Indians," in which he is presumably betrayed by his Indian girlfriend, Prudence. And "Hills Like White Elephants" is a young couple's subtle, heartwrenching discussion of abortion. Pared down, gritty, and subtly expressive, these stories show the young Hemingway emerging as America's finest short story writer."

Price: $125.00