HEMINGWAY Ernest
FAREWELL TO ARMS
Translated by Bronislaw Zielinski.
Warsaw 1957, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, pp. 348, [4]; format 12x19.5 cm.
The novel, which collects the author's experiences during the war, is one of the classic works of world battle literature. It reveals the mindless cruelty and senseless tragedy of the mass killing of people. It is both one of the most beautiful and saddest love novels of 20th century literature.
First Polish postwar edition.
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY GOLD EMBOSSING AND BLIND BORDER. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND GILT LETTERING. HAND-TINTED PAPER MARBLED ON THE ENDPAPERS, ALL PAGE EDGES MARBLED. INTERIOR OF COVERS FINISHED WITH BLIND-STAMPED BORDER.
BDB-/ condition stamp on k.tit. wrapper in contemporary copy, NICE COVER.
