THE SUN ALSO RISES

by Hemingway, Ernest (novel); Damianakes, Cleonike (design)

$25,000 · Offered by Biblio

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Hemingway's first novel, synonymous with the Lost Generation, in which "the post-war disillusion and the post-war liberation are united in the physical enjoyment of living and the pains of love" (Connolly, p.53). The novel portrays a group of English and American expatriates frequenting the cafés of Paris, who travel along the Camino de Santiago to the Fiesta de San Fermín in Pamplona, where they watch the running of the bulls. Basis for Henry King's 1957 film adaptation, starring Tyrone Power and Ava Gardner. Uncommon in dustjacket. Grissom A.6.1b., Hanneman 6A; Connolly 100. Second printing, one of 1,970 copies, with the typographical error on p.181, line 26 ("stoppped" for "stopped") in the corrected state. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, with printed gold paper title labels mounted to spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-259,[1]pp. Early ownership markings to front endpaper, mild softening to spine ends, gentle sunning to spine, with some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, and some darkening and pinpoint wear to title labels; contents clean; Very Good+. In the correct second state dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.00), with the typographical error in "In Our Times" in the corrected state along the lower front panel; spine and panels gently sunned and lighty dust-soiled, some moderate external wear, with a few small nicks and closed tears (particularly at base of spine), and a few faint, scattered stains; still a

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Year: 1926
• Printing: later
• Binding: unknown

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