Matt Machlin (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Entire issue, September, 1958, in original pictorial wraps, light general wear only, generally clean and bright, with top staple showing through at spine edge. A decidedly negative article on the American author and adventurer. It is widely believed by some critics and Hemingway fans that Machlin wrote negatively about the subject out of spite as he had tried to crash a Hemingway party and been thrown out. He would write another negative piece for Argosy in 1960 on the heels of Hemingway's The Dangerous Summer in Life Magazine, and dispute the popularity of bullfighting in Spain, and report a lack of public interest in the mano a mano between Luis Miguel Dominguin and Antonio Ordonez about which Hemingway had written. Article is 5-pages, some printed in double and triple columns, illustrated with a full-page color portrait, and 5 photographs in black and white. See Hanneman H1080. Scarce.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Entire issue, February, 1960, in original pictorial wraps with a portrait of Hemingway alongside Spanish matador Luis Miguel Dominguin, light to moderate general wear, spine chipped occasionally, generally clean and bright, with mailing label. Article is 12-pages, some printed in double and triple columns, and illustrated with 8 photographs. The author's first-hand account of his trip to Spain to cover the mano a mano between matadors Luis Miguel Dominguin and Antonio Ordonez. Hemingway, of course, would cover the duel for Life Magazine, where it would appear as The Dangerous Summer, in three issues, September, 1960, and much later in book form. The present author, whom Hemingway openly disparaged, and who had written negatively about Hemingway in a 1958 article for Argosy, disputes the popularity of bullfighting among the locals, saying instead that they preferred football (soccer), and weren't much interested in the Dominguin - Ordonez rivalry. Article includes the author's alleged direct interaction / conversation with Hemingway. Not in Hanneman.…