The Torrents of Spring: A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race

First Edition/First Printing with the original first issue dust jacket with 9 titles on the back panel, the Scribner's seal on the copyright page, and $1.50 flap price. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Housed in a beautiful custom clamshell box. A stunning copy of Hemingway's first novel, published in the same year as "The Sun Also Rises"; this novella length work originated as a satire of Sherwood Anderson's "Dark Laughter", which Hemingway thought was sub par; Hemingway's original publisher Boni & Liveright rejected Torrents most likely because the book parodied it's most popular author; F. Scott Fitzgerald was instrumental in getting Max Perkins at Scribner's to take on Hemingway and thought Torrents was a masterpiece (he and Hemingway were good friends at the time). Scribner's agreed to publish the novel along with future works; only 1250 copies of the book were originally published. This near fine copy is square and tight with only some light soiling to both top corners and the bottom of the front board, a minor crimp to the bottom spine end, a few pinpoint spots to the boards, and some minor spotting to the paste downs, free papers, and the first dozen or so pages; the rear free end paper has a vertical crease that appears to be a printing error. Housed in a near fine dust jacket that is clean and exceptionally bright with none of the usual foxing and fading normally seen with this title. LIght soiling is present to panels and some light rubbing to the ends and edges, else fine. Some indiscernible, professional repair has been performed to a small area of both top and bottom edges and the top spine end. Overall, a pristine copy of this very difficult to find book that should be on any Hemingway collector's bucket list; protected in a mylar cover.