The Fifth Column and First Forty-Nine Stories.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

The Fifth Column and First Forty-Nine Stories.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1938.

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First Edition of The Fifth Column and First Forty-Nine Stories; inscribed by Ernest Hemingway

First edition of Hemingway’s famed anthology which includes Up in Michigan, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Kit Bryan: Fortunately I never saw it, But I wish we could have had the evening together! Ernest Hemingway." Hemingway' inscription is below another inscription in a different hand but likely to the same recipient, "To get the taste out of your mouth. C.S. Ce Avril 1940." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Second state. Housed in a custom felt-lined clamshell box. An exceptional inscription.

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories brings together Hemingway’s only full-length play, written during the Spanish Civil War, with a wide range of his early and mid-career short fiction. The collection reflects the evolution of his style—from brief, sharply etched pieces to more expansive narratives—and includes stories first issued in In Our Time, Men Without Women, Winner Take Nothing, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Of particular note is “Up in Michigan,” one of Hemingway’s most controversial and influential early stories, originally withheld from publication for its stark realism. The volume also contains major longer works such as “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” offering a clear view of the themes, techniques, and emotional tensions that shaped Hemingway’s impact on modern American fiction.