Lot of 12, including price lists, envelopes, and other ephemera, bearing unsigned manuscript notations of Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). This collection was found by Hemingway's fourth wife, Mary Welsh Hemingway (m. 1946-1961), while cleaning out his belongings from the store room at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, FL in 1962. Among the highlights are a copy of "Royal's 1934 Book of Gems," 6.5 x 9.5 in., verso with inscription reading, "Pauline H / see page 10," directing his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer (m. 1927-1940), to a page of diamond rings; piece of hotel stationery, 6.25 x 4.5 in., bearing handwritten address, printed for the Elysee Park Hotel, a favorite Parisian haunt of Hemingway and Pfeiffer; envelope, 6.325 x 3.5 in., addressed to "Mrs. Jasper J. Jepson / Key West / Florida," with three-cent NRA "In a Common Determination" revenue stamp affixed to upper right corner and dated April 9, 1934. Ursula X. "Ura" Hemingway Jepson (1902-1966) was Hemingway's younger sister, and envelope verso printed for "Grace Hall Hemingway - 600 North Kenilworth Avenue - Oak Park, Illinois," the name and address of the novelist's mother. His to-do list appears on verso, reading in part: "To Do without fail Sunday / wire Mike / write Carlos / write Jane / Monday - / write Quintanilla," the latter in reference to Hemingway's friend Luis Quintanilla an exiled Spanish artist. Two promotional flyers for Mitchell-Henry fishing equipment, 5.25 x 7.125 in. and 5.75 x 8.75 in., with notations reading, "To show bits of the / 'Mitchell-Henry' Outfit" and "The 'Mitchell-Henry' / Reel of ancient vintage / For Greatest Game Fish"; and piece of heavy paper, 8 x 9.75 in., recording the bettors' stakes for a wager with "Herbert" and "Martha," presumably Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's third wife (m. 1940-1945). Condition: Condition varies. Please refer to digital images for conditions of specific items.
Lot of 12, including price lists, envelopes, and other ephemera, bearing unsigned manuscript notations of Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). This collection was found by Hemingway's fourth wife, Mary Welsh Hemingway (m. 1946-1961), while cleaning out his belongings from the store room at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, FL in 1962. Among the highlights are a copy of "Royal's 1934 Book of Gems," 6.5 x 9.5 in., verso with inscription reading, "Pauline H / see page 10," directing his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer (m. 1927-1940), to a page of diamond rings; piece of hotel stationery, 6.25 x 4.5 in., bearing handwritten address, printed for the Elysee Park Hotel, a favorite Parisian haunt of Hemingway and Pfeiffer; envelope, 6.325 x 3.5 in., addressed to "Mrs. Jasper J. Jepson / Key West / Florida," with three-cent NRA "In a Common Determination" revenue stamp affixed to upper right corner and dated April 9, 1934. Ursula X. "Ura" Hemingway Jepson (1902-1966) was Hemingway's younger sister, and envelope verso printed for "Grace Hall Hemingway - 600 North Kenilworth Avenue - Oak Park, Illinois," the name and address of the novelist's mother. His to-do list appears on verso, reading in part: "To Do without fail Sunday / wire Mike / write Carlos / write Jane / Monday - / write Quintanilla," the latter in reference to Hemingway's friend Luis Quintanilla an exiled Spanish artist. Two promotional flyers for Mitchell-Henry fishing equipment, 5.25 x 7.125 in. and 5.75 x 8.75 in., with notations reading, "To show bits of the / 'Mitchell-Henry' Outfit" and "The 'Mitchell-Henry' / Reel of ancient vintage / For Greatest Game Fish"; and piece of heavy paper, 8 x 9.75 in., recording the bettors' stakes for a wager with "Herbert" and "Martha," presumably Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's third wife (m. 1940-1945). Condition: Condition varies. Please refer to digital images for conditions of specific items.
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