Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First hardcover Edition, First Printing of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway with no dust jacket. First Edition unstated, 1929 Scribner.
The book is in Good condition with bright boards with some sheen and heavy wear due to many years without the dust jacket. The boards are straight, but the edges and corners are worn through completely, as is a 1/2″ x 2″ missing section from the bottom of the front board. The gold paper label on the front is intact and in good shape with both the author and title legible, but the spine label is missing. The bottom spine end is completely folded under, while the top is heavily frayed. Inside the pages are evenly toned. There are signatures on the first free end paper. The rear hinge is cracked, but the front one is intact.
No dust jacket.
Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield, this gripping, work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
