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Lot 161
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
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$4,000
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Lot Description
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
8vo. Original vellum-backed blue boards, gilt-lettered spine black leather spine label, uncut (lacking original publisher's board slipcase, slight chipping with small loss to lower corner of spine label, some soiling or toning).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 388 of 510 copies SIGNED BY HEMINGWAY. The limited issue was issued simultaneously with the first trade issue. Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ("his first full-length novel and probably his best"); Hanneman A8b.