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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Signed by the author Ernest Hemingway on CBS letterhead, which has been affixed to the front endpaper. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.75", with 471 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping and sun-fading to the spine ends. Gilt lettering and label on spine still vibrant. Minor shelf wear to the edges of the textblock. Paper damage to the front pastedown - possibly from bookplate removal. Author's signature affixed to the front endpaper "Best Always, Ernest Hemingway". Textblock is bright and well preserved. The original dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor edgewear to the extremities. Spine darkened. Original $4.95 price present on the front flap. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is one of Hemingway's biggest literary triumphs. Written in 1939 and finished in 1940, the first edition was published in October of that year, with a print run of 75,000 copies. The novel was inspired by Hemingway's…

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.