Ernest Hemingway’s non-fiction work on bullfighting and bullfighters was born out of his travels to Pamplona, Spain during the 1920s. The matadors and toreadors had already made an appearance in The Sun Also Rises, reflecting the autobiographical character of Hemingway’s fiction. Death in the Afternoon ultimately explores broader questions of life and death, fear and courage, and the symbolic relationship between the art of the bullfighters and that of the writer.

Octavo, 517 pages. In Very Good condition, with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Spine yellow with black titling, with dust jacket protected in a mylar covering. Price unclipped: “$3.50”. Spine is lightly faded, with some small chipping (primarily to upper edges), some rubbing to along joints and flap folds, and some light splitting to jacket along the joints. Textblock shows a small stain to the lower fore edge. A first edition, first printing, with Scribner's 'A' and seal appearing on the copyright page. TC Consignment, shelved in Case 2.