Lot 114
  • 114

Hemingway, Ernest

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hemingway, Ernest
  • A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929
  • ink on paper
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (legal disclaimer not printed on p.[x]), 8vo, original black cloth with gold paper labels, dust-jacket (first issue, design by Cleon), upper panel and spine of jacket slightly rubbed, a few small creases and nicks at edges

Literature

Hanneman A8(a); Connolly The Modern Movement 60

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate
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Catalogue Note

A fine copy of the novel that gave Hemingway his first great popular and critical success and established his reputation.