Ernest Hemingway. First Modern Library edition (#19). New York: The Modern Library, 1932. NAP. Both unclipped, iconic dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. Original price (95 cents) still on inside flap. No writing or markings found in this extremely clean, square, tight, and well-preserved edition, 355 pp. Some minor chipping on top of spine, and edges, otherwise, the nicest DJ we've seen for this edition! Kent-style endpapers. Introduction written by Ford Maddox Ford.
The title of Hemingway's work is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele. A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations.
