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A Farewell to Arms [First Printing]

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A Farewell to Arms [First Printing]

by Hemingway, Ernest

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Intriguing provenance featured with this first edition. A 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 cover, corner wear, rub, discoloration. Cover labels fairly bright; some chip to spine label. Deckled pages very good; moderate discoloration to exterior text block. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Large owner's bookplate designed by "Carlyle" at front pastedown portrays intiguing erotic design of black dancer: "Ex Libris, Leonard Sillman". Sillman was a major twentieth-century Broadway producer. Sillman was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 9, 1908 and was the brother of June Carroll, the brother-in-law of Sidney Carroll and the uncle of Steve Reich and Jonathan Carroll. He produced a series of musical revues, Leonard Sillman's New Faces. These iconic shows introduced major stars to Broadway audiences including Eartha Kitt, Inga Swenson, John Lund, Van Johnson, Carol Lawrence, Madeline Kahn, Paul Lynde and Maggie Smith. New Faces revues were produced in 1934, 1936 (made into the film New Faces of 1937), 1943, 1952 (made into the film New Faces), 1956, 1962 and 1968. The first New Faces of 1934 featured such actors as Henry Fonda, Imogene Coca and Frances Dewey Wormser. 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. Good true first edition with an intriguing association 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.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Synopsis

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. 

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Title
A Farewell to Arms [First Printing]
Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1929
Size
12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Weight
0.00 lbs

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