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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Cleonike Damianakes. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the March 1927 7th printng (so stated on the dustjacket spine). In fact, since its October 1926 debut, a new printing was issued every month (with 2 printings in Feb. 1927), as this same spine definitively states. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark cloth, with bright, completely unrubbed gilt title-labels at the front panel and spine. Except for a neat pencil signature and date at the front free endpaper, the book is clean as could be internally, with no writing or markings whatsover. And in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG to VG+ example of the famous Cleonike Damianakes-designed dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine and a degree of light chipping at the spine ends (more along the spine crown, with 1" of loss, including to the word "Sun"). Still though, a sharp, well-preserved copy of arguably Hemingway's greatest achievement. In its scarce…

The Sun Also Rises is a novel by the American author Ernest Hemingway. The book's title is taken from Ecclesiastes and alludes to the disillusionment and moral erosion of the post-World War I generation. The novel tells the story of American expatriates living in Paris and their journey to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. One of Hemingway's most enduring works, it is notable for its sparse prose style and for introducing the label 'Lost Generation' to describe Hemingway and his contemporaries.