Original photograph, vintage print , representing Ernest Hemingway surrounded by a crew of seven men hoisting an imposing marlin they have just caught.
Precious autograph written from Peru and dated May 1956 signed Ernest Hemingway Adolphe Lévèque (1902-1975), bartender leader of the liner Ile-de-France : "Everyone works. Ernest Hemingway. Peru May 1956 » .

First edition on ordinary paper, illustrated with drawings by Madeleine Lemaire including 14 inset, preface by Anatole France and scores by Reynaldo Hahn.

Bound in half red shagreen, spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers, large gilt lace tooling frame on the inner covers, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, gilt fillet on the leading edges, contemporary binding signed by Franz.

Taken in May 1938, this unpublished portrait has been printed only after WWII when the negatives of this amazing and latest photo shoot – organized despite the constant surveillance of the Gestapo – were recovered thanks to Anna Freud.