A Moveable Feast
Price: $400.00
Hard Cover. New York: Charles Scribners, 1964. First Edition. Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, first printing, with publisher's code A-3.64[H] to the copyright page. Publisher's quarter burnt orange cloth and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt to spine and stamped in gilt with the author's facsimile signature to front board, gray endpapers, and gray top stain; in the original pictorial dust jacket, with front panel illustrated with an oil painting of Pont Neuf, Paris by Hildegard Rath, and rear panel illustrated with an oil portrait of the author by Henry Strater. Near fine book, with light spotting to page edges, and a few spots to first few leaves, some light bumping to corners; about near fine unclipped dust jacket, with some faint rippling, some wear and creasing to corners and spine ends, and light spotting to panels and verso of jacket. Overall, a bright and attractive copy, with an unfaded spine. Hanneman A31.A. A Moveable Feast is Hemingway's posthumously published memoir about his life in Paris between the years of 1921-1926. During this time period, young Hemingway developed his writing skills and socialized with contemporary creative minds, including James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miró, among others. In reaction to the social and emotional implications of World War I, many young writers and artists settled in Paris, which was not only the literary center of the world in the early 20th century but also attractive for its general openness to experimentation and innovation. The biographical sketches that comprise A Moveable Feast contain as much insight into the author's early years as it does into the history of "The Lost Generation." The title "A Moveable Feast" comes from a quote by Hemingway, as remembered by his friend and fellow author A. E. Hotchner and is reprinted on the title page: "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." Among the expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s was Henry Strater, an artist who shared Hemingway's love for bullfighting, and whose portrait of Hemingway adorns the rear panel of the dust jacket. Item #EH305
