New York, NY: Scribner (1926)

First Edition.

This is a very good copy of Hemingway's first novel with a first edition, first printing of only 1,250 copies.

The inside is clean, except for end paper fade, and not price clipped. The top right corner board tip is bumped. The front of the dust jacket has small pieces missing on the top. The back of the dust jacket has a piece off bottom right missing. The dust jacket spine is faded with a closed tear. Overall, this a presentable copy of a tough book to find with a dust jacket.

First published in 1926, The Torrents of Spring is a hilarious parody of the Chicago school of literature. Poking fun at that "great race" of writers, it depicts a vogue that Hemingway himself refused to follow. In style and substance, The Torrents of Spring is a burlesque of Sherwood Anderson's Dark Laughter, but in the course of the narrative, other literary tendencies associated with American and British writers akin to Anderson—such as D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and John Dos Passos—come in for satirical comment. A highly entertaining story, The Torrents of Spring offers a rare glimpse into Hemingway's early career as a storyteller and stylist.