A Farewell to Arms [First Printing]

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True first printing with Scribner colophon at copyright page with no additional printings stated, and no disclaimer verso dedication page. Smooth, coated black cloth boards, gold cover and spine labels stamped in black ink, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub. Cover and spine title labels bright. Deckled pages very good, no writing; toning at endpapers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Presented in facsimile of first state Cleon dust jacket w/Catherine Barkley misspelled as Katharine Barclay; 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. Near very good true first edition in fine facsimile wrapper. Ernest Hemingway's third full-length novel following The Torrents of Spring and The Sun Also Rises. Near good true first edition with unique and intriguing provenance preserved in fine facsimile of original wrapper. 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. 355 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. N° de ref. del artículo 022190

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