"A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, "With Scenes From The Paramount Picture With Helen Hayes And Gary Cooper"; special movie edition with film pictures on the endpapers, published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Printed from the original Scribner's plates with Scribner's copyright and printing statements of 1929.

Hard boards, original red cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine [a little soiling, shelf wear, spine ends wear: see photos]; 5" x 7.3/4", vintage store label inside front cover [see photo]; 355 pages + publisher’s catalog, very good condition.

The novel is based on Hemingway's experiences during the first world war. Early in 1918, Ernest Hemingway joined the Italian Red Cross and served as an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I, in which the Italians allied with the British, French, and Americans against Germany and Austria-Hungary. During his time abroad, Hemingway had two experiences that affected him profoundly and that would later inspire one of his most celebrated novels, "A Farewell to Arms". The first occurred on July 8, 1918, when a trench mortar shell struck him while he crouched beyond the front lines with three Italian soldiers. Though Hemingway embellished the story over the years, it is certain that he was transferred to a hospital in Milan, where he fell in love with a Red Cross nurse named Agnes von Kurowsky. Scholars are divided over Agnes's role in Hemingway?s life and writing, but there is little doubt that his relationship with her is reflected in the relationship between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley in "A Farewell to Arms". What enfolds is a story filled with romance intertwined with moments of bravery, danger, love, and loss.

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