Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. A Farewell to Arms. 8vo, publisher's smooth black cloth with printed gold paper labels; original dust jacket, light rubbing, mostly to spine panel, two short closed tears to rear panel; preserved in custom red cloth chemise within matching 1/4 morocco gilt-lettered slipcase by Macdonald. Small pictorial bookplate to front pastedown and unobtrusive bookseller's ticket to rear. New York, 1929

Additional Details

true first edition in first issue dust jacket, without the legal disclaimer within the preliminaries and with the "Katharine Barclay" misspelling on the front flap. Overall, a fine copy in an unrestored first issue jacket. Hanneman 8A.