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Scribner, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine first Edition, first printing, with date on the title and copyright page the same, and the Scribner's insignia and A on the copyright page. In very good dust jacket with original price, $2.50, on front flap. Dust jacket has rips along the spine edges and edgewear. Book is black cloth with green and gold leather spine labels. Housed in custom collector's fabric slipcase.

To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who throng the region, and involve him in a strange and unlikely love affair. Hemingway's most intriguing and tantalizing themes make their appearance: man's battle against the cruelty of nature, the pressures of society on the individual, and the existential qualities of life in the modern world.

One method to determine a first edition of 'To Have and Have Not' is by identifying the 'A' present on the copyright page, indicating a first printing, and absence of mention of later printings.