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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
This is a handsome, vintage copy of "A FAREWELL TO ARMS" by Ernest Hemingway. 1979; The Franklin Library; Pennsylvania. The book features numerous full-page illustrations by Bernard Fuchs. Beautifully bound with gilt decorations on the covers and spine, marbled end papers, gilt page edges on all sides, three raised bands on the spine and a ribbon page marker.
Condition:
There is a thin scratch line at the bottom half of the front cover that extend out from the left edge by the spine to the center of the board. Clean back cover. There is a bit of scuffing to the leather along the left edge of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are clean and appear unread with no issues found. The long edge of the text block has some light foxing and a small area where the gilt has faded. Overall the book is in Very Good- condition.
Synopsis
Set during World War 1, Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is the story of Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army, and his love affair with an English nurse named Catherine Barkley. The novel is semi-autobiographical, based on Hemingway's own experiences serving in the Italian campaigns during the war. While some assume the title of the work to be taken from a poem by 16th century English dramatist George Peele, others believe it to be a simple pun of the word “arms.” A Farewell to Arms was first serialized in the May-October issues Scribner's Magazine 1929. It was published in book form in September of that year. As the work became available to the public just over ten years after the November 1918 armistice, Hemingway assumed his audience would recognize many of the references. In fact, certain basic information isn't alluded to in the book at all, as it was common knowledge around the time of publication. The result of this immediacy? Arguably one of the best novels written about World War I… ever. A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway's first bestseller, affording him financial independence and cementing his stature as a modern American writer. More specifically, the novel and its content helped to established the author as a key member of the “Lost Generation,” a subset of Modernist artists namely defined by their post-war disillusionment. A Farewell to Arms is ranked 74th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
Reviews
On Dec 18 2015, a reader said:
It has a good plot, but its boring.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7311
- Title
- A Farewell to Arms
- Author
- Ernest Hemingway
- Illustrator
- Bernard Fuchs
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1979
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
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- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction; War / Military;
Terms of Sale
CraigsClassics
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About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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