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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.


8vo. Original beige cloth stamped in red and black (some rubbing and minor staining (hinges loose); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some rubbing and chipping, with a few short scuffs).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with Scribner’s "A" on the copyright page. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, without the photographer credit on the rear panel. Published just after the end of the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls is based on Hemingway's experiences as a war correspondent, and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. Hanneman A18a.



Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

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