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Ernest Hemingway, Across the river and into the trees, London: Jonathan Cape, 1950.
Original editorial binding with red dust jacket, well preserved apart from some minor defects and wear on the upper part of the front plate (easily restored).
pp.: 254, (II). BUSINESS SUIT.
Paper copy in overall good condition.
"Across the River and into the trees" is a novel whose title comes from the last words of US Civil War Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson: "We cross the river and rest in the shade of the trees." 67463541