Ernest Hemingway. First Modern Library edition (#19). New York: The Modern Library, 1932. NAP. Both unclipped, iconic dust jacket (in a Mylar wrapper) and hardcover are in Very Good+ 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. Kent-style endpapers. Introduction written by Ford Maddox Ford. Former owner signature on inside flyleaf.
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.
