Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges. Light chipping at spine crown. Hinges lightly toned. 1st issue without photographer's name on rear panel.

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.