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220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 398pp. First issue points: first printing with the mis-spelled dedication 'To H L Mencken and S Stanwood Mencken'. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Edge-block foxed Dark green hardback cloth cover.

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'.