John Goin provides an introductory essay on how he and his wife became Hemingway collectors during their training periods as physicians, the pleasures of rooting out rare items, meeting other collectors world wide, and finally selling the collection. Goin gives the reason for the sale as "Since there can be no such thing as a 'complete' Hemingway collection, we have chosen to stop now." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.