Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth lettered in red with upper board ruled in gilt. Near Fine with pages toned, small bookseller ticket (Gotham Book Mart) to rear pastedown. In a Near fine unclipped dust jacket with nine titles listed on the rear panel, toning heaviest at spine with shallow chipping at spine ends, light vertical creases to front and rear panels. A lovely copy, completely unrestored.

The Torrents of Spring is a novel by Ernest Hemingway written in 1925 about a young man's disillusionment with love. It satirizes the over-romanticized literature of the time and is a parody of Sherwood Anderson's 'Dark Laughter'.

Identifying a first edition copy can often be done by checking the publishing line (also called the printer's key) in the book's copyright page. The lack of additional printings or editions mentioned can indicate a first edition for certain publishers during the timeframe of the book's release. Other methods include verifying the absence of a dust jacket for editions that originally had them, or the presence of specific errors or points known to exist only in first editions.