first edition
1929 · New York
by Ernest Hemingway
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. First Edition, second issue with “Katharine” misspelled to dust jacket and including disclaimer. Octavo (19.5 cm); publisher’s cloth in pictorial dust jacket with printed signature of Cleon in image, retaining original price ($2.50); [4],355,[1]pp. Dust jacket faded and rubbed with chipping and several short tears along edges. Light rubbing and dust soiling to edges of boards; corners slightly bumped. Touch of a lean to boards but binding sound. Couple creases to front free endpaper; a few smudges to endpapers, else unmarked. A Very Good or better copy (truncated)