1940 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 1940 First Edition First Printing Scribners Hardcover with Dust Jacket A Printing

DESCRIPTION

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York in 1940. The copyright page carries the Scribner's A designation of the first printing, and the book retains its dust jacket, unclipped with the $2.75 price. Hemingway's novel of the Spanish Civil War is one of the cornerstones of twentieth-century American fiction.

WORTH NOTING

• Author: Ernest Hemingway
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
• Year: 1940
• Copyright page carries the Scribner's A designation (first printing)
• Original cloth hardcover
• Dust jacket present, unclipped, priced $2.75
• No writing or inscriptions observed

MEASUREMENTS

• Approx. 8.25" H × 5.75" W

CONDITION

Good pre-owned condition with light signs of age and handling. Please review photographs for details. The cloth boards show light toning and minor edge wear with gentle rubbing at the corners. Interior pages are clean with light toning. The dust jacket has edge wear, chipping at the head and tail of the spine and surface rubbing.

STYLE NOTES

It belongs on the shelf of a serious Hemingway collection, beside The Sun Also Rises.

FROM THE HOUSE

The bell still tolls, and this copy still has its jacket.

A useful thing should still have manners. ~ Maxwell