The Torrents of Spring 1st edition Start Price USD 1,000.00 Current Price USD 1,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 1,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location Dundalk, MD See more about 'The Torrents of Spring 1st edition' Description The Torrents of Spring by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons. This is a 1st Edition copy of the authors first novel published in 1926. This is a very rare item, only 1,250 were made. There are only 22 of these up for sale in the world. The book is in excellent condition.It does not have a dust jacket. There is some yellow spotting on the pages but other than that their isn't anything wrong with it. A book dealer I showed it said its one of the best he has seen.Summary: The Torrents of Spring is technically Hemingway's first novel, though The Sun Also Rises is his first major success. Hemingway wrote this novel in a way that would force his publisher, Horace Liverwright, to refuse it and thus break Hemingway's contract. The book parodies Liverwright's star author, Sherwood Anderson, and Hemingway knew Liverwright would never accept it. Hemingway was then able to take up a more lucrative offer from Scribner's. The novel relates the tale of the intersecting lives of World War I veteran Yogi Johnson and writer Scripps O'Neill, both of whom work at a pump factory. Both are searching for the perfect woman. O'Neill takes mescaline and hallucinates that he is President of Mexico. Johnson is cured of his impotence when, viewing a naked squaw, he is overcome by "a new feeling" which he immediately attribute to Mother Nature, and together he and the squaw "light out for the territories"Please ask any questions before bidding. I will get back to you ASAP. Shipping is free but will only ship to USA. I will ship through Fed-Ex unless  you email me and specify something different. I will only accept PayPal. Place a Bid!