Eight first editions
American authors, 1938-1948
AMERICAN LITERATURE. Group of eight first editions of American literature. New York: 1938-1948.

American firsts from 1938 to 1948, including a fine copy of The Naked and the Dead and special copies of Hemingway and Hersey. Comprises: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. New York: Scribner’s, 1938. Silver-print photograph of Hemingway laid in. * WOLFE, Thomas. You Can't Go Home Again. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. * HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar. Oklahoma! New York: Random House, 1943. * HERSEY, John. A Bell for Adano. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. * HERSEY, John. Hiroshima. New York: Knopf, 1946. Signed. Provenance: Phillips Exeter Academy (presentation bookplate from Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., deaccession stamp). * MAILER, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. New York: Rinehart, 1948. Fine copy. * CALDER, Alexander, illustrated. Aesop's Fables. New York: Quadrangle Press, 1948. Trade edition. Quarto. * WILDER, Thornton. The Ides of March. New York: Harpers, 1948. (Lacking jacket.)

Together, eight volumes. Octavo and quarto. Original cloth or boards; dust jackets except as noted. (Condition varies, some marks and toning.) Overall very good condition.
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