Paris: Crosby Continental Editions, 1932. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Item #2351724

First Paris edition, second edition overall (Hanneman A4b). Lacks tissue cover (which needed to be removed to read it). Light edge wear with tiny chip from front corner along spine, pencil note on rear endpaper notes '9-7-92, deacidified using WEITIO (?) #10', which explains why the wrappers are less toned than is usually the case. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked.

vii, [1], 176, [4] pp. French-style wrappers with flaps. Open Letter to Ernest Hemingway by Caresse Crosby precedes text. "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."

Price: $250.00