First Edition of Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition; first issue (with Scribner's "A" on the copyright). Publisher's beige cloth with facsimile signature stamped in black on the front cover, spine lettered and ruled in black over red blocks, and top edge stained brown; in facsimile jacket. 8vo; [x], 471, [1]pp. Hanneman A18.A.

8 1/2 x 6 in.

A Private North Carolina Collection

One of Hemingway's best known novels, and his longest work.

Boards with foxing and soiling, light wear to corners, and spine rubbed and lightly creased with some separation from text block; ownership signature on front paste-down; interior with toning, light scattered foxing, grime, and staining, minor gutter wear, and expected light handling wear. A good copy in a facsimile of the first issue jacket.