Ernest Hemingway's First Published Work
In Our Time (1925) includes multiple vignettes along with the following short stories:
- Indian Camp
- The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife
- The End of Something
- The Three Day Blow
- The Battler
- A Very Short Story
- Soldier's Home
- The Revolutionist
- Mr. and Mrs. Elliot
- Cat In the Rain
- Out of Season
- Cross Country Snow
- My Old Man
- Big Two-Hearted River - Part I
- Big Two-Hearted River - Part II
In the following work, we are given a glimpse into the mind of a young Hemingway: an Illinois native, outdoorsman, war correspondent, bullfighter aficionado, new husband and father, and an aspiring writer. Here he takes his first steps toward becoming the towering figure of literature we know today.
This Editon
Each of these copies will be hand sewn with black book thread. The end pages are also sewn on and are made of a Bright Red cardstock.
Inside you will find 10 period accurate photographs that match the short story or vignette. Each will be tipped in.
Wrapped in a thick paste paper. Each paste paper is unique from the next. You will be able to remove the paste paper wrapper and see the exposed stitching on the spine. But it will be folded tightly enough to stay on the text block. Due to the binding style, the book will lay flat when opened.
Measurement: 8 3/4" x 5 3/4"
Companion Books
Included with this edition are two companion books:
- "Three Stories & Ten Poems" (1923) Paste Paper Wrapper
- "in our time" (1924) Paste Paper Wrapper
Printing & Paper
As the photos in this edition will all be tipped in, we decided to go with a high-end digital four color printing. With the printing being only black text, with red page numbers and headers, it was very comparable to digital offset printing. We still hope to make the jump to letterpress someday. But with this being our first project we don’t want to overextend with turnaround or pricing.
We want to be completely transparent with each step of making these books. But I will say I wouldn't personally put this much time and effort into binding a poorly printed text block. We feel this is a quality and cost-effective choice for our first project. I've added pictures below to show the high printing quality on felt white paper.
Photographs in this Edition
Ten photograph will be tipped in with their corresponding vignette or short story.
