Author: Ernest Hemingway
Title: Across the River and Into the Trees
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first UK edition of Ernest Hemingway's novel, in an exceptionally vibrant dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.'Across the River and Into the Trees' follows the star-crossed romance between a fifty year old US Army Officer and a Venetian woman thirty years his junior.By Ernest Hemmingway, this novel based on his personal experiences on his infatuation with a young Adriana Ivancich, who he met on a trip to Italy.With the former owner's inscription of Henry Gibbs to the front free endpaper.Despite receiving some negative reviews for its sadder elements, this was a best seller in America, with it being Hemingway's only novel to top the New York Times bestseller's list. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light fading to back strip, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, and more concentrated fading to the very tip of the back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper, with spotting to front and rear free endpaper. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper exceptionally vibrant. Minor closed tear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Fine.

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