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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Inscribed set of galley proofs for the glossary and appendices in Death in the Afternoon (New York: Scribners, 1932), his classic work on bullfighting. 35 long folio galleys, 24 x 6 in. (60 x 155 cm.), and 1 folio galley (the first), 12 x 6 in. (30 x 155 cm.), first galley dated in pencil "7/28," one of the last galleys date-stamped "Aug. 11," the galleys paginated, first galley dampstained and torn at bottom margin, the second galley a trifle browned, a small marginal dampstain to several galleys ; with a typed note from Scribner's pinned to the first galley: "These proofs complete the three sets of final page proofs which you asked to have sent to you"; INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO JANE MASON in ink just below: "And which I send to you, Mrs. Mason, you non-alcoholic stimulant--." The galleys are paginated 409-517 and correspond to those pages in the first edition of Death in the Afternoon , published on 23 September 1932. They cover: "An Explanatory Glossary" (pp. 409-493, Hemingway's detailed glossary of taurine terminology; "Some Reactions of a Few Individuals to the Integral Spanish Bullfight"; "A Short Estimate of the American, Sidney Franklin, as a Matador"; "Dates on Which Bullfights Will be Held in Spain, France, Mexico, and Central and South America"; and a brief "Bibliographical Note" (which ends the book). "[D]uring the first week of August [1932], Hemingway finishes an eighty-page glossary of bullring terminology, including a running commentary on Spanish custom, a curious collection of anecdotes, and related information on Spanish insults, shellfish, regional wines, street scams and local beer" (Reynolds, Hemingway: The 1930s , p.75).