A Farewell to Arms
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929.
First British edition, first issue with uncorrected error "serisou" for "serious" on page 66. 350 pp. Bound in publisher's magenta cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with dust-soiling and slight foxing to edges, subtle lean, in a Very Good unclipped (7s. 6d. net) dust jacket, worn along edges, a little soiled and scuffed, tape mends along top and bottom edges on verso. Includes two pieces of publisher's ephemera originally included with the book, an advertisement for the periodical Now & Then and one with Sinclair Lewis' novels on the front wrap. Hemingway's classic war novel, with a different, more modern dust jacket design than its American counterpart, by Lee Elliott.
Price: $1,750.00