Author: Ernest Hemingway
Title: Islands in the Stream
Publisher: Collins, London
Year: 1970 (First published)
Binding: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Printed in: Great Britain (Richard Clay, The Chaucer Press, Bungay)
Description:
Offered here is a 1970 UK first edition of Islands in the Stream, Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published novel. This copy retains its original illustrated dust jacket, featuring the distinctive green nautical map design associated with the book’s first appearance.
The novel is divided into three parts—Bimini, Cuba, and At Sea—and follows the life of artist Thomas Hudson, moving from quiet introspection to wartime action in the Caribbean. The book is widely regarded as one of Hemingway’s most personal and emotionally revealing works.
Condition:
- Clean, bright pages
- Tight binding
- No writing or markings observed
- Dust Jacket: Good
- Noticeable edge wear and rubbing
- Some chipping and wear to corners and spine
- Presents well overall and is complete
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About Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) is one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, known for his spare prose style and powerful themes of courage, loss, and endurance. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and is best known for works such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea.
Hemingway lived extensively in Key West, Cuba, and the Caribbean, settings that deeply informed his writing. His life, marked by war reporting, adventure, and personal struggle, has become nearly as legendary as his fiction.
History of Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream was published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway’s death, and edited from his manuscripts by his widow, Mary Hemingway. Although posthumous, the novel draws heavily from Hemingway’s own experiences in the Caribbean during the 1930s and World War II.
The book is notable for:
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Its three-part structure, each section reflecting a different emotional and thematic phase
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Its close relationship to The Old Man and the Sea, both in setting and tone
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Offering readers a final, expansive look at Hemingway’s lifelong themes of solitude, masculinity, love, and mortality
Dimensions:
Weight - 560g
Height - 22.3cm
Width - 15cm
Thickness - 2.8cm
