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Ernest Hemingway's Breakout Novel

With the publication of The Sun Also Rises in 1926, Ernest Hemingway became a literary superstar. Hemingway's first novel gives readers an inside look of what life was like among "the Lost Generation" who struggled to find themselves while living in the fallout of the first World War. We sit right alongside American and British expatriates as they frequent Parisian cafes and bars, fish in the Pyrenees and experience the bull fights and fiesta in Pamplona, Spain.

Jake Barnes, Robert Cohn, Lady Brett Ashely and others; Hemingway's novel introduces us to some of American Literature's most enduring characters. Considered by many as his finest work and greatest novel, we are pleased to publish a new edition of this early modernist classic. 

This Edition

Dimensions

• Book: 8 7/8" x 5 7/8"
• Clamshell case: 9 3/4" x 6 3/4"

Binding & Cover

• Full bound in deep chocolate brown goatskin leather
• Cover features author’s signature design
• Title blind embossed on cognac sheepskin leather
• False bands added to spine for detail
• Opens flat with an “eye” along the spine
• Copperhead Press logo blind embossed at the base of the spine

Construction

• Hand-sewn with golden yellow book thread
• Endpapers made from unique handmade paste papers, sewn to the text block for extra strength
• Headbands made from cognac sheepskin leather, matching the spine tag

Illustrations

• Includes over 20 illustrations by early cubist master Juan Gris, renowned for his work from 1910s–20s

Clamshell Case

• Made from thick book board, covered in natural oatmeal bookcloth (Italian cotton and linen, unbleached and undyed)
• Interior lined with honey suede cloth and spine piece covered in matching paste paper
• Exterior features an inset Juan Gris illustration layered over Bugra Chamois paper
• Spine tag printed on white felt paper layered over dark burgundy cow leather

Printing & Paper

• Printed offset on white felt paper

Sold with Offset Rights

Purchasing this edition reserves your place as a rights holder for future offset releases. Offset rights holders are guaranteed early access to the next offset title — available in both Lettered (26 copies) and Numbered (50 copies) formats. By ordering this edition, you’ll be added to the Offset Rights list and offered a matching number (or letter) for upcoming publications.

To give a sense of the direction for future titles, we are particularly drawn to the works of authors such as John Steinbeck, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway, George Eliot, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Joseph Conrad, among others. Our focus centers on modernist writers and the classic authors who helped shape their work.