A Farewell to Arms (Folio Society Edition)

First Edition thus. Fine, as new. Three quarter Red Buckram with textured, pictorial boards. In a fine, black slipcase. Beautifully illustrated with frontispiece and 8 richly colored illustrations by Anne-Marie Jones. Octavo. 320 pp. A beautiful edition of this timeless classic.

The story chronicles the experiences of Frederic Henry, an American serving on the Italian Front as an ambulance driver in 1915. After being injured by a shell, he begins a love affair with a beautiful English nurse, Catherine Barkley. But after his return to the Front, the tide begins to turn against the Allies, and following the desperate Italian retreat at Caporetto, Frederic’s only escape is with Catherine. Molded from Hemingway’s own experiences on the Italian Front, Frederic’s narrative resembles a memoir, mirroring Hemingway’s lifelong quest for the most ‘truthful’ form of the written word.