A magnificent copy of the first printing of the 1929 first trade edition of Hemingway's War time classic published by Charles Scribner & Sons, New York. This was his first-person account of Frederic Henry, a lieutenant in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. Condition: 8vo. 355 pages. rebound in full black goat leather with gilt stamped print to the spine and new marbled endpapers. A fine first issue copy with matching dates, the Scribner colophon at copyright page with no additional printings stated, and no legal disclaimer on the verso of the dedication page. An attractive and very collectible copy of Hemingway's third novel and his first of what would be many bestsellers.