HEMINGWAY ERNEST AND MARY Menu for Harrys Bar Signed and Ins

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HEMINGWAY, ERNEST AND MARY. Menu for Harry's Bar Signed and Inscribed, by both, on the rear cover. Ernest: "To Mr. and Mrs. Erlandson / best wishes always from / a friend of your son." Mary: "Bahati Mzuri [Good luck]," in Swahili. 4 pages. 8vo, single folded sheet; moderate smudging to inscriptions but signatures unaffected, horizontal folds. Venice, 29 March 1954

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Harry's Bar, in Venice, Italy, was among Hemingway's favorite watering holes. It is mentioned in his Across the River and Into the Trees.