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Ernest Hemingway signed first edition, first printing of his anthology work, ''The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories'', an uncommon title signed by the Pulitzer Prize winning author, which includes Hemingway's only full-length play ''The Fifth Column'' along with several stories set during the Spanish Civil War, and his first writing ''Up in Michigan''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938 with Scribner seal on copyright page and ''A'', as required. Hemingway signs the front free endpaper in fountain pen, ''To Jean & Harrison / best wishes always / Ernest Hemingway''. Bound in red-orange boards, book measures 6'' x 8.5''. Sunning to backstrip and light soiling to boards. Some toning and mild discoloration to interior, and front joint faintly starting. Overall in very good condition, housed in facsimile dust jacket.