“We were all hunters and it was the start of that wonderful thing, the hunt. There is much mystic nonsense written about hunting but it is something that is probably much older than religion. Some are hunters and some are not.”
Hemingway's last unpublished work written when he returned from Kenya in 1953.
Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer in the year of the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Included in this collection is both a first printing hardcover copy and first printing advance reader’s copy softcover edition with a copy of the accompanying Scribner letter to booksellers. A 1999 newspaper clipping review is also included.
New York: Scribner, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 319 pages. Near fine dust jacket. Very good condition copy with only slight scuffing to boards and bumping to corners. Crisp copy.
New York: Scribner, 1999. First printing, advance reader’s copy. Softcover. Octavo. 319 pages. Very good condition copy with only slight edge wear and some turning up of corners. Clean copy.
