First issue (with “stopped” spelled incorrectly on page 181, line 26, and the quote from Ecclesiastes regarding vanity present on page ). Perhaps that is what expatriation was about… No other writer stepped so suddenly into fame, or destroyed with such insouciance so many other writers or ways of writing or became such an immediate symbol of an age” (Connolly 50). “The emergence of Hemingway… gave the Modern Movement one of its few men of action… the post-war disillusion and the post-war liberation are united in the physical enjoyment of living and the pains of love. By 1961 it was estimated that the novel had sold over one million copies. A second printing of 2000 copies was ordered in November, and by mid-December, both the first and second printings had sold out. Housed in custom cloth clamshell box.įirst edition, first issue, of one of Hemingway’s rarest and greatest novels, a lovely copy in the scarce original first-issue dust jacket.Īn immediate success, The Sun Also Rises was published on Octoin a first printing of only 5090 copies. Octavo, original black cloth with gold paper labels, uncut, original dust jacket.

We invite you to view our Shipping & Returns policies, or to contact us with any questions.ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER OF MODERN FIRSTS: FIRST ISSUE OF THE SUN ALSO RISES, IN THE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE DUST JACKET International first class shipping includes a handling charge to cover insurance.ĭomestic orders over $250 include a handling charge to cover signature confirmation. In the first printing, the first edition had a typographical error on page 181 this copy is the second state of the first edition, with the word 'stopped' corrected.ĪS IS! Please see photos. The title page introduces Hemingway as the author of 'The Torrents of Spring,' and 'In Our Time,' reminding the modern reader that Hemingway's fame as a novelist was yet to be established. Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges.Įrnest Hemingway's debut novel about war-weary American ex-patriots in Spain.Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.Please see photographs for details of condition. Interior is age-toned, exhibits some marks and stains, a couple of turned down corners (see page 152), chipped page edges at page 257.Endpapers and feps are age toned, with some owner's marks.Ex-library book with stamped plate on fep: 'Capitol Circulating Library Service Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York.'.Spine has text label and is rubbed, with chipped and frayed ends.Corners are bumped and worn, with exposed board. Publisher's original black cloth covers are mostly clean though very worn at edges, with paper title label.First edition, second state, with corrected 'stopped' on p.

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