MURPHY, Michael - Hemingsteen

St. Louis, Autolycus Press, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 204pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition of this "novel based on the life of Ernest Hemingway" (to cite jacket front panel) by the prolific Hemingway scholar and biographer. Boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "For Bob -- / A book on the subject / in which we both share / a strong interest. / I hope you enjoy / reading it and wish you / great success in your own / scholarship on E.H. / Trusting to see you soon. / Cordially, / Mike / (Michael Murphy). .