A Farewell to Arms
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing - first issue lacking the disclaimer. Measures approximately 7.5" x 5.25", 355 numbered pages. A brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket is included for protection and display.
This book is in very good minus condition. Moderate wear and staining to the black cloth boards. Some paper loss to the gilt label on the spine. Previous owner's book plate on the front endpaper. Interior pages are clean.
Early in 1918, Ernest Hemingway joined the Italian Red Cross and served as an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. During his time abroad, Hemingway had two experiences that affected him profoundly and that would later inspire one of his most celebrated novels, A Farewell to Arms. The first occurred on July 8, 1918, when a trench mortar shell struck him while he crouched beyond the front lines with three Italian soldiers. Though Hemingway embellished the story over the years, it is certain that he was transferred to a hospital in Milan, where he fell in love with a Red Cross nurse named Agnes von Kurowsky. Scholars are divided over Agnes' role in Hemingway's life and writing, but there is little doubt that his relationship with her informed the relationship between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley in A Farewell to Arms. What unfolds is a story filled with romance intertwined with moments of bravery, danger, love, and loss.
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Inventory #(O10-32). Item #6696
Price: $385.00