Books from
Mary Hemingway’s
apartment received by the JFK Library on May 1, 1987 and accessioned under BK-87-014. There are more than 20 cubic feet of books including: Ernest Hemingway’s (?) books on Africa, Cuba, and fishing; leather bound editions of Ernest Hemingway works; copies of books by Ernest Hemingway or about Ernest Hemingway and his works; and miscellaneous books.
Afalo, F.G., ed.
Sport in Europe – London: Sands & Co., 1900. 483 p.; 255 x 206 x 59 mm.
Abdersson, Charles John
Lake Ngami – London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856. 546 p.; 256 x 174 x 53 mm.
Aubere de la Rue
The Tropics – New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 208 p; 290 x 233 x 30 mm.
Baker, Sir Samuel W.
The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile, Vol. I – London: Mammillan and Co., 1867. 371 p.; 197 x 140 x 42 mm.
Baker, Sir Samuel W.
The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile, Vol. II – London: Mammillan and Co., 1867. 372 p.; 197 x 137 x 41 mm. Enclosed within: William C. Mitchell business card; small notecard to Mary from Nora; floral print napkin fragment
Baker, Sir Samuel W.
Ismailia – New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1975. 542 p. 240 x 160 x 65 mm.
Baker, Sir Samuel W.
Wild Beasts and their Ways – London: Mammillan and Co., 1891. 455 p. 209 x 147 x 51 mm.
Barbour, Thomas
A Naturalist in Cuba – Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. 317 p.; 207 x 145 x 34 mm.
Bart, Sir Howard Elphinstone
Road to Swahili – Nairobi: Highway Press, 1946. 94 p,; 183 x 124 x 9 mm.
Baum, James. E.
Savage Abyssinia – New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., 1927. 336 p.; 243 x 173 x 55 mm.
Beals, Carleton
The Crime of Cuba – Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1933. 441 p. plus portfolio; 230 x 155 x 48 mm.
Bell, W.D.M.
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter – London: Neville Spearman & The Holland Press, 1958. 187 p.; 244 x 19 x 31 mm.
Blaikie, William Garden
Personal Life of David Livingstone – Philadelphia: John E. Potter & Co., 1881. 203 x 144 x 48 mm.
Boner, Charles
Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol. – London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. 446 p. 199 X 134 X 40 mm. Feather enclosed.
Burnham, Major Frederick Russell D.S.O.
Scouting on Two Continents – Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 370 p.; 236 x 162 x 50 mm.
Buxton, Edward North
Two African Trips – London: Edward Stanford, 1902. 207 p.; 247 x 191 x 59 mm.
Chapman, Abel
Savage Sudan – London: Gurney & Jackson, 1921. 452 p.; 236 x 166 x 55 mm.
Clark, Sydney A.
Cuban Tapestry – New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1936. 289 p.; 215 x 152 x 40 mm.
Cox, William D.
Boxing in Art and Literature – New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. 287 p.; 295 x 215 x 40 mm.
Craighead, John J. and Frank C.
Hawks, Owls and Wildlife – Harrisburg: The Stackhole Co., 1956. 443 p.; 240 x 166 x 39 mm.
Dane, Sir Richard
Sport in Asia and Africa – London & New York: Andrew Melrose, Ltd., 1921. 234 p.; 226 x 150 x 40 mm.
Dinesen, Isak
Out of Africa – New York: Random House, 1938. 389 p. 213 x 149 x 40 mm.
Dugmore, A. Radclyffe
Camera Adventures in the African Wilds – New York: Doubleday, Page, & Co., 1910. 233 p.; 284 x 216 x 57 mm. Birthday card to Mary and note on loose paper fragment enclosed within.
Eastman, George
Chronicles of an African Trip – Rochester, NY: John P. Smith Co., 1927. 87 p. plus photograph plates.; 245 x 168 x 27 mm.
The Federal Writer’s Projects of the Works Progress Administration
Idaho – A guide in Word and Picture – New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. 300 p.; 211 x 145 x 29 mm.
Fergusson, Erna
Cuba – New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 250 p.; 220 x 150 x 37 mm. Enclosed within: AAA Roadmap of Cuba
Gambier, Henri
The Doges of Venice – Venice: Ferd. Ongania. 262 p.; 171 x 127 x 20 mm.
The Garden Section of the Woman’s Club of Havana
Flowering Plants from Cuban Gardens – New York: Criterion Books, 1958. 365 p.; 235 x 157 x 41 mm.
Harris, Cornwallis
The Wild Sports of Southern Africa – London: William Pickering, Chancery Lane, 1841. 359 p.; 245 x 178 x 50 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
A Moveable Feast – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1964. 211 p.; 213 x 151 x 34 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
Across the River and Into the Trees – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950. 308 p.; 211 x 151 x 40 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
Death in the Afternoon – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1960. 515 p.; 239 x 174 x 50 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
Farewell to Arms – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1957. 332 p.; 212 x 152 x 37 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
Farewell to Arms -- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1975. 341 p.; 236 x 157 x 43 mm. A limited edition.
Hemingway, Ernest
The First Forty-Nine Stories – Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. 238 x 168 x 58 mm. A limited edition. Enclosed within is a note from a representative of Franklin Mint to Mary Hemingway.
Hemingway, Ernest
For Whom the Bell Tolls -- New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. 471 p.; 213 x 152 x 37 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
In Our Time – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958. 212 p.; 212 x 152 x 30 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
Men without Women -- New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1955. 232 p.; 196 x 141 x 36 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the Sea -- New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. 140 p.; 211 x 150 x 30 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
The Sun Also Rises – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1954. 247 p.; 213 x 151 x30 mm.
Hemingway, Ernest
To Have and to Have Not – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1965. 262 p.; 213 x 152 x 30 cm.
Hemingway, Ernest
Winner Take Nothing – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933. 244 p. 196 x 141 x 36 cm.
Heriz-Smith, S.
Wild Flowers in the Nairobi Royal National Park – Nairobi: D.A. Hawkins, Ltd. 56 p.; 179 x 121 x 7 mm.
Hopkins, J.C.F.
Common Veld Flowers—Salisbury: Rhodesia Scientific Association, 1940. 245 x 157 x 17 mm. Enclosed within are two flowers: p. 47 and 107.
Huxley, Elspeth
White Man’s Country– London: Lowe and Brydone, 1935. 315 p.; 222 x 150 x 37 mm.
Huxley, Elspeth
White Man’s Country, Vol. II – London: Chatto and Windus, 1935. 333 p.; 220 x 149 x 40 mm.
Jay, W. M. L.
My Winter in Cuba – New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1871. 296 p.; 196 x 137 x 33 mm.
Jackson, Clarence S.
Picture Maker of the Old West: Jackson, William H. – New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1947. 308 p.; 210 x 237 x 29 mm.
Jeary, Bertram F.
The Pride of Lions – London: Longman, Green and Co., 1936. 159 p.; 223 x 148 x 32 mm.
Kantor, MacKinlay
Cuba Libre – New York: Coward-McCann, 1940. 136 p.; 194 x 136 x 27 mm.
Kessel, Joseph
The Lion – New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 244 p.; 220 x 149 x 30 mm. Signed “Peggy Harvey”
Kirby, F. Vaughn
In Haunts of Wild Game – Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 576 p.; 235 x 182 x 47 mm.
LaMonte, Francesca
Marine Game Fishes of the World – New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1952. 190 p.; 195 x 125 x 20 mm.
Lyell, Denis D.
African Adventure – New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. Inc., 1935. 263 p.; 233 x 146 x 38 mm.
Mackworth-Praed, C.W.
Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa, Vol. I – London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1960. 1113 p.; 224 x 160 x 66 mm.
Mackworth-Praed, C.W.
Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa, Vol. II – London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1960. 1113 p.; 224 x 157 x 79 mm.
Marie-Victorin, Frère and Frère Léon
Itinéraires Botaniques Dans L’ile de Cuba – Montreal: Institut Botanique de L’université de Montréal, 1944. 230 x 157 x 26 mm.
Neumann, Arthur H.
Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa – London: Rowland Ward, 1898. 455 p.; 226 x 172 x 50 cm.
Niedieck, Paul
With Rifle in Five Continents – London: Rowland Ward, 1908. 421 p.; 239 x 166 x 46 cm.
Pease, Sir Alfred E.
The Book of the Lion – London: John Murray, 1914. 293 p.; 226 x 151 x 44 cm.
Perrott, D.V.
Swahili – London: The English Universities Press, Ltd., 1957. 194 p.; 181 x 115 x 25 mm.
Phillips-Wolley Clive
Big Game Shooting I. – London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1894. 453 p.; 187 x 149 x 42 cm.
Phillips-Wolley Clive
Big Game Shooting II. – London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1894. 443 p.; 187 x 149 x 42 cm.
Queeny, Edgar M.
Prairie Wings – New York: Ducks Unlimited, Inc, 1946. 256 p.; 314 x 242 x 47 mm.
Ratcliffe, B.J.
A New English: Swahili Phrase Book – Nairobi: East African Standard. 72 p.; 147 x 119 x 8 mm.
Rea, George Bronson
Facts and Fakes about Cuba – New York: George Munro’s Sons, Publishers, 1897. 196 x 139 x 37 mm. Signed on endpaper: “J.C.W. Beckham Burdstown Ky From the Author” and on titlepage: “J.C.W. Beckham”
Roberts, W. Adolphe
Havana: The Portrait of a City – New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1953. 281 p.; 212 x 148 x 32 mm. Old Lady of Fatima Shrine leaflet enclosed within
Roosevelt, Theodore
African Game Trails – London: John Murray, 1910. 233 x 165 x 53 mm.
Schillings, C.G.
In Wildest Africa, Vol. I– London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. 318 p.; 249 x 178 x 42 mm.
Schillings, C.G.
In Wildest Africa, Vol. II – London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. 716 p.; 250 x 177 x 50 mm.
Selous, Frederick Courteney
Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa – London: Rowland Ward and Co., 1893. 503 p.; 235 x 176 x 50 mm.
Solly, Gillian
Kenya History in Outline – Kampala: The Eagle Press, 1960. 124 p.; 187 x 127 x 9 mm.
Stevenson-Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. J.
South African Eden – London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1952. 313 p.; 223 x 148 x 35 mm.
Stigand, Captain C.H.
Hunting the Elephant in Africa – New York: The Mammillan Company, 1913. 22 x 150 x 49 mm.
Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian and Francesca Lamonte
Game Fish of the World – New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. 253 x 195 x 53 mm. Enclosed within is a New York Times newspaper clipping dated April 12, 1953: Tarpon Fishing in Cuba’s Batabano.
Verger, Pierre
Cuba – Habana: La Casa Belga, 1958. 258 x 188 x 19 mm. Enclosed within is a note of the New York [?] address for “Essex Hs”.
Witter, Dean
Solo Safari. 52 p.; 289 x 225 x 17 mm.
Handbook for Foreign Tourists – Beograd, 1952. 142 x 102 x 11 mm.