A FAREWELL TO ARMS by ERNEST HEMINGWAY, FIRST EDITION LIBRARY, 1ST STATE WRAPPER

Description: A FAREWELL TO ARMS Ernest Hemingway FIRST EDITION LIBRARY SHELTON, CONNECTICUT First edition thus. Facsimile first printing; 1957 latest date at copyright page. Scribner colophon at copyright page with no additional printings stated; no disclaimer verso dedication page. Smooth coated black cloth boards, crisp golden cover and spine labels stamped in black ink, fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Deckled pages, fine; no writing. Light blue top-stain. First edition Cleon wrapper with Catherine Barkley misspelled as Katharine Barclay in front flap summary, fine; unclipped 2.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Wrapper art and design by Cleonike "Cleon" Damianakes, an illustrator and etcher who designed some of the most iconic jackets of the era. Very attractive. Fine facsimile first edition in same wrapper. Ernest Hemingway's third full-length novel following The Torrents of Spring and The Sun Also Rises. The story recounts the romance between Frederic Henry, an American soldier, and Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. Heavily autobiographical, the plot was directly inspired by Hemingway's relationship with Agnes von Kurowsky in Milan. Catherine's parturition (childbirth) was inspired by the intense labor pains of Pauline in the birth of Patrick - Ernest' second wife and second son - and the real-life Kitty Cannell inspired the fictional Helen Ferguson. The priest was based on Don Giuseppe Bianchi, the priest of the 69th and 70th regiments of the Brigata Ancona. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 355 pages. Insured post.

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Location: Rapid River, Michigan

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