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Scribner's, 1940. first, galley proofs. very good. Pre-publication galley proofs, first printing, the earliest state, the text terminating at galley page 141, concluding with a line of dashes between two Os to signify the end of the novel. Printed on rectos only, on two different paper stocks. A little chipping and minor soiling, overall very good. Housed in a custom-made fold-out slipcase.

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.