A Farewell to Arms [First Printing] by Hemingway, Ernest - 1929

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First printing with Scribner colophon at copyright page with no additional printings stated; no disclaimer verso dedication page. Smooth, coated black cloth boards, gold cover and spine labels stamped in black ink, moderate shelf wear. Cover and spine labels remain sharp. Deckled pages generally good w/toning, some w/areas of discoloration. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Circular antiquarian bookstore label inside cover: "Alliance Book & Staty. Store 690-692 Eighth Ave. N.Y.C.". Larger wavy rectangular label inside back cover, black w/gold text and border: "Alliance Book & Stationery Store. Stationers. Greeting Cards for All Occasions. Between 43rd and 44th Streets." 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. Ernest Hemingway's third full-length novel following The Torrents of Spring and The Sun Also Rises. Attractive true first edition w/near good deckled leaves in fine facsimile of the 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. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.