To Have and Have Not

Ernest Hemingway. First edition, second printing. Both title and copyright page have the 1937 date. There is no "A" however on the copyright page but there is the Scribner seal. Dust jacket is not an original but a 2nd state? and it's not a facsimile either. There are some missing pieces on the spine, Very Good condition. The hardcover is in Very Good+ condition. The binding is a bit cocked. Ex-Libris plate on inside cover. No other markings or writing found in the book, 262 pp.  The dramatic and brutal story of Harry Morgan, an honest boat owner who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his disolving family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who swarm the region, and involve him in a strange and unlikely love affair. In this harshly realistic, yet oddly tender and wise novel, Hemingway perceptively delineates the personal struggles of both the "haves" and the "have nots" and cre