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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell To Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
8vo. Half-title. (Slight marginal toning.) Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (hinges loose, spine slightly slanted, some minor scuffing, slight chipping to spine label); in unclipped dust jacket (some toning and rubbing, some chipping with some losses to spine ends and along flap folds with tissue repairs verso and recoloring). Provenance: Ann K. Belusar (stamped to front pastedown).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, with "1929" on the title-page and the Scribner's seal on the copyright page, FIRST PRINTING, without the disclaimer on page [x]. In the FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with the "$2.50" price and misspelling of "Katharine Barclay" on the front flap. A Farewell to Arms, set during the Italian campaign of World War I, has been adapted for stage and film several times. The title is taken from a 16th-century poem by dramatist George Peele. Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ("His first full-length novel and probably his best"); Hanneman A8a.
8vo. Half-title. (Slight marginal toning.) Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (hinges loose, spine slightly slanted, some minor scuffing, slight chipping to spine label); in unclipped dust jacket (some toning and rubbing, some chipping with some losses to spine ends and along flap folds with tissue repairs verso and recoloring). Provenance: Ann K. Belusar (stamped to front pastedown).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, with "1929" on the title-page and the Scribner's seal on the copyright page, FIRST PRINTING, without the disclaimer on page [x]. In the FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with the "$2.50" price and misspelling of "Katharine Barclay" on the front flap. A Farewell to Arms, set during the Italian campaign of World War I, has been adapted for stage and film several times. The title is taken from a 16th-century poem by dramatist George Peele. Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ("His first full-length novel and probably his best"); Hanneman A8a.
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Farewell To Arms. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST PRINTING in the FIRST ISSUE DUST
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