HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell To Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell To Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (some rubbing to labels, a few small stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some overall toning, chipping and a few short tears, vertical crease along spine panel).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the disclaimer on page [x]. 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 ("probably his best"); Hanneman A8a.
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