| Starting bid | £100 |
| Estimate | £200 - £300 |
| Absentee deadline | Dec 3, 2025, 5:00:00 PM |
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. 8vo (193 x 128mm). Half title, small woodcut printer's device on the title (short tears without loss to the foot of a few pages). Original magenta cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket by Lee Elliott with the price of 7s. 6d. unclipped (some light rubbing at the edges, the lower wrapper lightly browned and stained). FIRST U.K. EDITION, the second issue with "serious" spelt correctly on p.66. Please note that the original dust-jacket has been photographed in its modern protective archival Mylar wrapper, thereby avoiding any risk of damage through its temporary removal. Connolly The Modern Movement 60: "His first full-length novel and probably his best ..."; Hanneman A35. With the same author's The Old Man & the Sea (London, 1952, 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, without reviews on the rear wrapper, FIRST U.K. EDITION). (2)