London: Collins, 1969.

First edition of Carlos Baker’s rich biography of the legendary author. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill.

Baker’s biography brings into sharp focus a picture of one of the most unusual men of the 20th century, whose immense gusto spanned six full decades. The life of Ernest Hemingway, typically blurred by legends and half-truths, is here examined with fresh insights in an attempt to separate Hemingway the man and artist from the myth.