HEMINGWAY, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1940
8vo. Original beige cloth with first state dustwrapper (omitting name of photographer); pp. 471; a little browning to endpapers, otherwise near fine.
First edition with "A" to copyright page.
One of Hemingway's finest novels, this is the story of four days in the life of a young American, Robert Jordan, caught up in the mountains in wartime Spain and in a passionate love affair with Maria, a local girl who has escaped the tortures of the fascists. The novel has been frequently banned, partly because its anti-fascism has led it to be labelled pro-Communist.
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