"THAT MUSICAL CRYSTAL-CLEAR STYLE, BLOWN LIKE GLASS FROM THE WHITE-HEAT OF VIOLENCE"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Octavo, modern full black morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $2600.

First trade edition, first issue, of the novel that "placed Hemingway, early, among the American masters," handsomely bound.

"Probably [Hemingway's] best… Its success was so enormous… After it one could no more imitate that musical crystal-clear style; blown like glass from the white-heat of violence… the beginning, like all his beginnings, seems effortless and magical" (Connolly, Modern Movement 60). "The novel that placed Hemingway, early, among the American masters… the most satisfying and most sustained, the consummate masterpiece, among Hemingway's novels. It bears the mark of Hemingway's best gifts as a writer" (Mellow, 377-79). First edition, first printing, with publisher's seal on copyright page, and no disclaimer on page x. With original cloth bound in at rear. Hanneman 8a. Bruccoli & Clark, 178. Grissom A.8.1.a.

Very faint rub to front board. About-fine condition.