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V. Methods and Procedures
Cards were prepared for each item in the sources described in Section IV. The items were alphabetized,
numbered and verified or corrected by reference to standard bibliographies. After the deletions described below, this
process produced 7,363 items for our composite record, representing about 7,700 books.
The following guidelines were used:
1. All works written by Hemingway (including translations) were excluded. Volumes edited or
introduced by him were retained (see Index: Hemingway).
2. Periodicals@were excluded except for La Lidia and a few other items that seemed exceptional (for
example, items 6227, 6606).
3. Trivial items were excluded (see Part IV, Section 3: c).
4. Most volumes published after 1960 were excluded.
5. Items that resisted identification were recorded (see notes 137 and 150 and Part IV, Section 3: d).
6. Items that could not be verified by reference to standard bibliographies, but which appeared to be
legitimate entries, were included and identified by an asterisk (*). We welcome relevant
details about such items.
7. As the history of the library (Part 111) makes clear, the composite record must be considered a
family library. We have made only the most obvious deletions.
The possibility that some books were moved between Key West and the Finca Vigía on the various visits
made by members of the family has governed our procedure in cases where a title appears on both KW and FV.
(152) These titles are annotated AKW FV.@ This should not be taken as an assertion that the copy in the Finca Vigía
is the same one referred to on KW. Nevertheless it is possible that the KW volume was moved to Cuba (FV) after the
KW inventory was made. Since KW does not provide publication information, there is no way to be certain about
this. Our annotation in these cases indicates that the title is on both lists, and there is some possibility that both refer
to the same volume.
The form of the entries was governed by A Manual of Style for Authors, Editors, and Copywritiers (Twelfth
Edition, Revised) published by the University of Chicago Press, 1969. The National Union Catalogue: Pre-1956
Imprints and the 1958 supplement provided the standard authority for the content, spelling, authors= names and
alphabetization of the entries. One exception to this alphabetization was made for the many French guide books in
Hemingway=s library. It seemed advisable to group these in one place. A practice similar to that used in Biblio was
adopted and these works were alphabetized under AGuides.@
The standard bibliographic works used for the verification of the entries were:
"Biblio": Catalogue des ouvrages parus en langue française dans le monde entier,
1934-1960. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1962.
Bibliografia general espanola e hispano-americana, 1923-1942.Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1967.
Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Nouvelle edition par Carlos Sommervogel. Vols. 1-11. Paris: A.
Picard, 1890-1932. Vol. 12. Louvain: Editions de la Bibliotheque S.J., 1960.
Books in Print: An Author-Title-Series Index to the "Publishers' Trade List Annual.@ New York: Bowker,
1948-.
Catalog of the Latin American Collection, University of Texas Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1969.
Catalogo cumulativo, 1886-1957 del bollettino delle pubblicazioni italiane (Firenze).
Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1968.
Catalogo general de la libreria espanola e hispanoamericana, 1901-1930. Nendeln,
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Liechtenstein: