A Farewell to Arms (Signed limited edition)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.


A Farewell to Arms (Signed limited edition)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Number 76 of 510 copies of the signed, limited edition, printed on large paper. Available simultaneously with the trade edition. Original half japon, over paper boards, black morocco spine label. A Fine copy of the book with only the slightest toning to the vellum (leaves unopened throughout until the last 14 leaves). Housed in the publisher's Near Fine leaf-patterned slipcase. A few short splits to the slipcase repaired, and minor rubbing at the extremities. Protected in a black custom clamshell case.
"Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old, and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from WWI, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front, and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield, this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Hemingway famously rewrote the ending to the novel 39 times to get the words right. The result is what the Washington Times called 'a towering ornament of American literature'" (Hemingway Library).
Grissom A.8.1.a2; Hanneman A8b. Fine (Item #6895)