8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (some rubbing to labels, a few small stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some overall toning, chipping and a few short tears, vertical crease along spine panel).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the disclaimer on page [x]. A Farewell to Arms, set during the Italian campaign of World War I, has been adapted for stage and film several times.  The title is taken from a 16th-century poem by dramatist George Peele.  Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ("probably his best"); Hanneman A8a.