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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. 8vo. [2, blank], [viii], [1]-353, [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, gold printed labels on front board and spine, publisher’s unclipped (“$2.50”) dust jacket (with the first issue misspelling “Katharine Barclay” on the front flap; bookseller’s ticket on rp.; jacket spine a bit sunned and edgeworn, light toning, soiling to jacket panels, minor occasional edgewear). Fine. FIRST TRADE EDITION IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, SELDOM SEEN IN CONDITION THIS FINE. Hemingway’s semi-autobiographical novel about his experiences in World War I. He once said that he re-wrote the ending 39 times to get it just right. Hanneman 8a. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy.