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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899–1961). A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. 8vo. Original publisher’s black cloth with printed gold labels to upper cover and spine (spine a bit toned, slight lean to spine); original FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with “$2.50” price and “Katharine Barclay” misspelled for Catherine Barkley on front flap (some toning to extremes, light wear at ends, few discrete paper repairs along edges verso). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Scribner’s Seal on copyright and without legal disclaimer on p. [x]. INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO A FELLOW REPORTER COVERING THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN: “To Edgar A. Mowrer / with sincere admiration / Ernest Hemingway”. Mowrer was a reporter for the Chicago News covering the civil war in Spain who also helped Hemingway raise money for emergency medical help in Marseilles for those too badly wounded to move further. The two maintained correspondence for over a decade (Reynolds, Hemingway the 1930s, p. 286). A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION COPY. Hanneman A8a.