The Torrents of Spring
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first printing. (Dated 1926 on the title page with the Scribner's seal on the copyright page.) [viii], 143 pp. Bound in publisher's very dark green cloth with red lettering. Very Good, slight lean to spine, rubbing along edges, a few spots of mottling to cloth, bookplate on paste down, a few spots of biopredation and grease pencil on rear paste down. Lacking dust jacket. Hemingway’s first novel, printed in an edition of only 1250 copies, Hemingway was dismayed by the book’s lack of commercial success and blamed the publisher's poor promotion and use of blurbs by more famous writers.
Price: $1,500.00
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