Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 8vo. Publisher's bla...
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Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.8vo. Publisher's black cloth with gold paper labels, lettered and ruled in black, on the upper cover and spine; original pictorial dust jacket featuring an illustration by "Cleon" on the front panel, and the front flap blurb with the name of the heroine, Catherine Barkley, misspelled "Katharine Barclay."
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with printer's device and no other publication dates to copyright page and the dedication "To G. A. Pfeiffer" without the legal disclaimer on the verso.
Condition: Some light edgewear to cloth with bottom edge slightly frayed at corners; rear hinge apparently strengthened with an archival glue; bookplates tipped to both sides of the front free end paper with light offsettting to the front pastedown. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$2.50"), a bit toned with a few pressed creases, with restoration to the spine and edges retouched.
Reference: Hanneman A8a.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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