Across The River And Into The Trees, Ernest Hemingway, Jonathan Cape, 1950, First Edition, First Impression Previously serialised in Cosmopolitan magazine, this is the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American Colonel stationed in Italy at the close of World War II and his love for a young Italian Countess. There is a neat owner's name and date to the front end paper. The book is in near fine condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering in the spine bright.There is a small crease mark to the top corner of the front board and shelf wear and sunning to the top and bottom edges of the spine. The end papers and pages are free from marks and tears. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in good condition with loss to all the corners, a small nick and nibbling to the top edge of the front cover, loss and nibbling to the top edge of the spine, nibbling to the bottom edge of the spine and nibbling to the top edge of the back cover. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box.