A Farewell to Arms

Description

Early reprint. Black cloth with gold labels. 19.2×13.5×2.8 cm. Scribners. New York. 1929. 355 pp. Good copy, slightly cocked with light wear to covers and labels. Darkened and scuffed spine label is missing a small section in the upper right corner. Front label is darkened and scuffed. Light tanning to endpapers and small sticker from a previous bookseller on the back paste down. Contents clean and unmarked. Early reprint with disclaimer on verso of dedication page, 1929 date on title page and Scribner’s seal but no “A” on copyright page. This tale of the World War I Italian campaign was banned by Nazis in Germany and Fascists in Italy. This book also has the dubious honor of being one of the books banned by the Boston police department. No collection of banned books is complete without this title, and collectors of anti-fascist and anti-nazi literature should also have this title in their collection. Of course, it will also be at home in any collection of the author’s work, and makes a great placeholder copy for the collector on a quest for a first edition. weight: 1.2 lb.