The Sun Also Rises.

First edition, first issue of the first printing, with the misprint ("stoppped") on page 181 line 26. Octavo, original black cloth. Copy given to American literary critic and editor Adrian Homer Goldstone with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Adrian Homer Goldstone was an American literary critic and editor best known for his long association with Charles Scribner’s Sons, where he served as a reviewer and literary advisor from roughly 1920 to 1935. In this influential role, Goldstone helped shape Scribner’s literary list during a formative period in twentieth-century American publishing, reading manuscripts, advising on editorial direction, and engaging closely with contemporary authors. He is most widely remembered today as the biographer of John Steinbeck, having written one of the earliest critical studies of Steinbeck’s life and work, published while the author’s reputation was still developing. Goldstone’s criticism is marked by its clarity, restraint, and attention to craft rather than theory, reflecting the values of interwar American letters. Books bearing his ownership marks or bookplate are of particular interest, as they attest to his central position within the literary and publishing networks of his time. In very good condition. A very nice example with noted provenance.