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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, first printing. Owner's blindstamp, very minimal rubbing to extremities, very small faint tide mark to top edge, near fine in very good dust jacket with some edge wear and light chipping to edges, half-inch closed tear to bottom front panel, moderate chip to head of spine resulting in some loss to "The Torrents," in mylar cover.. First issue dust jacket with nine titles on rear panel. All first printing points present (Hanneman, A.4.a). First printing was limited to 1250 copies.

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'.

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