Description
A first edition, first printing of A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, published by Cape, London in 1964. A fine copy without inscriptions, a little light spotting to the text block. In a near fine price clipped wrapper with a little rubbing to the corners and edges, some staining to the bottom edge of front panel, strips of toning to the edges of rear flap fold and a strip of toning to the top edge of front flap fold. Jacket design by Hans Tisdall.
A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir of life in Paris during the 1920s. Written with characteristic economy and vividness, it recalls his early marriage to Hadley Richardson, friendships with writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and his struggle to establish himself. Both affectionate and sharply judgmental, the book evokes cafés, poverty, ambition and literary rivalry. Published in 1964, it remains a compelling portrait of the expatriate Lost Generation.
