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Lot 273

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New...

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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner?s, 1940. 8vo. [x], 1-471, [1, blank] pp. Original beige cloth with author?s facsimile signature stamped in black on upper cover, spine stamped in red and titled in black; original unclipped (?$2.75?) second issue dust jacket (cloth spine toned, soiled, worn, some marginal toning to boards, hinges just starting, some toning in text, ownership signature on title-page (of Edith Halpern); jacket with tape reinforcement on verso of spine, jacket toned, worn, soiled, chipped with marginal tears). A good copy in a fair jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING BOOK with Scribner?s ?A? on copyright. It was the basis for the 1943 film of the same name, starring Gary Cooper. Hanneman A18a.