A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway [FIRST EDITION / THIRD PRINTING] 1929

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 

FIRST EDITION / THIRD PRINTING [1929] GROSSET & DUNLAP

3rd printing w.  decorative endpapers adorned with scenes from the film starring Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper. 

Excellent reading copy with some flaws:  Cloth-bound cover has fraying and damage along top edge that extends about 1.5" round the corner  as well as some surrounding soiling. 

Otherwise, the rest of the cover is excellent w/ minimal wear. 

Binding is excellent.  Inside, pages read like new.  

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteer and the men and women he meets in Italy with total conviction. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.