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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms. New York: Scribner's, 1929.
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms. New York: Scribner's, 1929.
8o. Original vellum-backed blue boards, gilt-lettered leather spine label, uncut (spine lightly age-toned); original publisher's board slipcase (1-inch loss to top panel, inner hinges reinforced with tissue, light edgewear).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 327 of 510 copies signed by Hemingway. "Its success was so enormous that it may be said to have ended Hemingway's influence as a writer. After it one could no more imitate that musical crystal-clear style; blown like glass from the white-heat of violence" (Connolly The Modern Movement 60). Hanneman A8b.
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FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 327 of 510 copies signed by Hemingway. "Its success was so enormous that it may be said to have ended Hemingway's influence as a writer. After it one could no more imitate that musical crystal-clear style; blown like glass from the white-heat of violence" (Connolly The Modern Movement 60). Hanneman A8b.