We returned from California yesterday from a visit to my husband's family. His grandmother passed about 2 years ago and he was very hurt that he didn't get anything at all that belonged to her. So, my mother-in-law gave us some of her old books. Of course, not worth much but priceless to us. Anyways, we were given this Hemingway book, "To Have and Have Not." I have been doing a little research and I think it's a first edition but I am confused. Others online say that the first edition has "Scribner's A" on the copyright page. What the heck
is Scribner's "A"? It is clearly damaged and I do know that the dust jacket is usually 80 percent of the value. I would just like to know for the sake of knowing and for the knowledge. Thanks everyone!
Oh, and we were also given a 1920's book all about the history of textiles, dressmaking, and how to identify different materials. I guess she and I had very similar taste, from what everyone tells me.
