New York:: Charles Scribner’s Sons,, 1929.. First edition; first printing, without disclaimer.. publisher’s black cloth with gold printed labels, in dust jacket.. Slightly cocked; a touch of shelfwear to the bottom edges; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; otherwise an unworn copy with the gold labels in nice condition. The jacket has some very slight use to the extremities of the spine and there is some fading to the backstrip. A very nice copy. . 8vo,.

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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On Dec 18 2015, a reader said:

It has a good plot, but its boring.

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Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 72139
Title: A Farewell to Arms.
Author: HEMINGWAY, Ernest
Format/Binding: Publisher’s black cloth with gold printed labels, in dust jacket.
Book Condition: Used - Slightly cocked; a touch of shelfwear to the bottom edges; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; otherwise an unworn copy with t
Edition: First edition; first printing, without disclaimer.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 1929.
Pages: 355 pp.
Size: 8vo,

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