Skip to content

No image available
No image available

A Farewell to Arms Hardcover - 1929

by Ernest Hemingway


About this book

Set during World War 1, Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is the story of Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army, and his love affair with an English nurse named Catherine Barkley. The novel is semi-autobiographical, based on Hemingway's own experiences serving in the Italian campaigns during the war. While some assume the title of the work to be taken from a poem by 16th century English dramatist George Peele, others believe it to be a simple pun of the word “arms.”

A Farewell to Arms was first serialized in the May-October issues Scribner's Magazine 1929. It was published in book form in September of that year. As the work became available to the public just over ten years after the November 1918 armistice, Hemingway assumed his audience would recognize many of the references. In fact, certain basic information isn't alluded to in the book at all, as it was common knowledge around the time of publication.

The result of this immediacy? Arguably one of the best novels written about World War I… ever. A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway's first bestseller, affording him financial independence and cementing his stature as a modern American writer. More specifically, the novel and its content helped to established the author as a key member of the “Lost Generation,” a subset of Modernist artists namely defined by their post-war disillusionment. A Farewell to Arms is ranked 74th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. 

First Edition Identification

Scribner’s first published A Farewell to Arms in New York in September 1929 in a print run of about 31,000 copies. The 355-page first editions have no additional printings listed on the copyright page. Of the initial print run, 510 copies were numbered and signed by Hemmingway. These “Lost Generation” gems have sold for upwards of $20,000.

Details

  • Title A Farewell to Arms
  • Author Ernest Hemingway
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House (UK), New York
  • Date 1929-01
  • ISBN 9780224602709 / 0224602705
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Reading level 1270
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

No image available

A Farewell to Arms

by HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

  • Used
Condition
Used - Acceptable
ISBN 13
9780224602709
ISBN 10
0224602705
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
SGD 31.56
SGD 5.45 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
CHAS. SCRIBNERS. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket November 1929 printing. (World War 1, Classic Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
Item Price
SGD 31.56
SGD 5.45 shipping to USA
No image available

A Farewell to Arms

by HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780224602709
ISBN 10
0224602705
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
SGD 949.16
SGD 5.46 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Hardcover. Good. [1st EDITION / 1st PRINTING] New York: Scribners, 1929. Hardback, no dustjacket. 1st STATE: No disclaimer, w/ Scribner's seal. Good condition with some shelfwear, fading, owner stamp, slight lean, etc. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (case)
Item Price
SGD 949.16
SGD 5.46 shipping to USA