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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1940 First edition, first issue in original first state dust jacket INSCRIBED by ERNEST HEMINGWAY to Arthur Howard, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Arthur Howard was a noted geologist for the UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Inscribed on November 14, 1946. "A" on copyright page. Book in astoundingly fine condition -- book, dust jacket, and internal pages almost as if new. COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia.

First edition copies are usually marked with the letter 'A' and the statement 'First Edition' on the copyright page.