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A FAREWELL TO ARMS

A FAREWELL TO ARMS

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A FAREWELL TO ARMS

by HEMINGWAY, Ernest

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A beautiful, Fine copy of this desirable book in an attractive new slipcase
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About This Item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. A beautiful, Fine copy of this desirable book in an attractive new slipcase. Original vellum spine and green boards with vellum tips. Copy #48 of 510 SIGNED by the author, Hemingway's only signed and limited edition. An absolutely gorgeous copy, the boards and the vellum both sparkling fresh with the black leather label completely intact and bright. Housed in a new and attractive slipcase reproducing the original and on which the original limitation label has been mounted. Laid in are receipts for purchase of this book from 1932 (private purchase for five dollars) and 1984 (Goodspeed's).

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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It has a good plot, but its boring.

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Bookseller
Charles Agvent US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
014379
Title
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Author
HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New A beautiful, Fine copy of this desirable book in an attractive new slipcase
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1929
Keywords
Signed, Movie Fiction, Ernest Hemingway, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Limited, High Spot
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Charles Agvent

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About Charles Agvent

We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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