The Dangerous Summer. By Ernest Hemingway. First Edition, First Printing. Scribners. New York, 1985.

Written over the course of 1959 and 1960, The Dangerous Summer describes the real events of the bullfighting matches between Luis Miguel Dominguin and Antonio Ordonez–two celebrated bullfighters that Hemingway followed closely in Spain. It is the second nonfiction work on bullfighting that Hemingway wrote, but was not published until after his death. Yet it contains some of his best writing. It ranks high among his nonfiction works. Not only does it showcase his emblematic minimalist prose, The Dangerous Summer also highlights Hemingway’s rich knowledge and admiration for bullfighting and the matadors who faced death in ways Hemingway would endlessly ponder.

This first edition, first printing is in fine condition. In the original quarter cloth, fine. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, fine.

A fine first edition of The Dangerous Summer.