HEMINGWAY, Ernest “For Whom the Bell Tolls” [Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940] 1st ED

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. First edition, first printing with the Scribner’s “A” on the copyright page. Octavo. 471 pp. Original tan cloth stamped in black on the front cover with red-and-black spine labels. In the second state dust jacket (unclipped; $2.75) with photographer credit present on the rear panel. Jacket shows moderate wear including chipping at the spine ends, several short closed tears, and general rubbing and creasing; light toning to the spine and edges. Cloth clean and solid with light speckling typical of the cloth stock and mild toning to the page edges. A bright and attractive example of Hemingway’s classic Spanish Civil War novel in its correct early jacket. Near Fine in Very Good- jacket.