Hemingway, Ernest

A FAREWELL TO ARMS [Signed]

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Limited Edition: #102/510. Octavo, 355 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's half vellum over green cloth board with black gilt morocco lettering label on spine. Housed in original slipcase, two pieces of old tape repair to top edge, some mild rubbing and toning to slipcase. Light rubbing to spine and corners of boards, light soiling to boards. Interior with some light foxing, very light soiling, a virtually unopened copy, with only the preliminary material being opened. Limited Edition, one of 510 signed copies, this being number 102, signed by Hemingway. CL Consignment. Shelved in Case 3.

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The only signed, limited edition of any of Hemingway's works. Derived in part on Hemingway's experiences in Italy during World War I, the character of Catherine Barkley was based on a nurse who cared for him when he was wounded serving as an ambulance driver at the front. They had planned to marry, but she ultimately rejected his proposal when he returned to the United States. While not as strictly autobiographical as The Sun Also Rises, Farewell to Arms continued Hemingway's practice of blending real, lived experience with fiction: a significant inspiration for the novel was a collection of wartime correspondence between a friend (Frederic Agate) and his wife. References: Hanneman A8b.