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HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Scribner's 1929. 8vo, original black cloth, printed paper labels, fore-edges uncut, small abrasion on front cover, rear cover with numerous small stains, pictorial dust jacket (a little worn), red calf slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (without the legal disclaimer), PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper: "To Mrs. Marshall Russell with very best wishes, always, Ernest Hemingway." Hanneman A8a; Connolly, The Modern Movement 60. The recipient's name does not appear in the indices of the usual books about Hemingway.