A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
First printing in an original first issue dust jacket
Publisher and Year: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929
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Edition: First edition, first printing (no reprint stated and lacking the disclaimer on page X, as called for). The original dust jacket is also a first issue with the original price of $2.50 present and the misspelling on the front flap ("Katharine Barclay" instead of the correct "Catherine Barkley"). Bibliographic reference: Grissom A.8.1.a; Hanneman 8a.
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Condition and Description: Gold placards over black cloth. Tight hinges and binding. Text free and clear of writing and underlining. Minimal wear to boards. The jacket is completely original with no restoration at all. The jacket has been placed in a removable protective cover. A superlative copy of book and jacket.
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“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
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Inventory ID: 628 - 509 - 304