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A Farewell to Arms
by Hemingway, Ernest
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
Shelton, Connecticut - New York: First Edition Library - Charles Scribner's Sons First edition thus. Facsimile first printing; 1957 latest date at copyright page. Scribner colophon at copyright page with no additional printings stated; no disclaimer verso dedication page. Smooth coated black cloth boards, crisp golden cover and spine labels stamped in black ink, fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Deckled pages, fine; no writing. Light blue top-stain. First edition Cleon wrapper with Catherine Barkley misspelled as Katharine Barclay in front flap summary, fine; unclipped 2.50, 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. Very attractive. Fine facsimile first edition in same wrapper. Ernest Hemingway's third full-length novel following The Torrents of Spring and The Sun Also Rises. 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. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 355 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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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- Title
- A Farewell to Arms
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- First Edition Library - Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- Shelton, Connecticut - New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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