Ernest Hemingway – For Whom The Bell Tolls – First US Edition 1940
£750.00
First Edition, First Printing published by Scribners in 1940. Hemingway returned to critical acclaim with this intense novel of the Spanish Civil War. Basis for the 1943 classic Technicolor film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Almost Near Fine, red at spine a bit rubbed, no inscriptions. In very good wrapper with photographer’s name to rear, some nicking and wear at spine ends and flap corners.
The novel follows Robert Jordan, an American fighting with anti-fascist guerrillas during the Spanish Civil War. Tasked with blowing up a bridge, Jordan wrestles with duty, love, and mortality over three intense days. The novel explores themes of honour, sacrifice, and the brutal realities of war. Hemingway’s sparse, powerful prose and philosophical depth create a tragic yet deeply human story about interconnectedness and the cost of conflict.
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First Edition, First Printing published by Scribners in 1940. Hemingway returned to critical acclaim with this intense novel of the Spanish Civil War. Basis for the 1943 classic Technicolor film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Almost Near Fine, red at spine a bit rubbed, no inscriptions. In very good wrapper with photographer’s name to rear, some nicking and wear at spine ends and flap corners.
The novel follows Robert Jordan, an American fighting with anti-fascist guerrillas during the Spanish Civil War. Tasked with blowing up a bridge, Jordan wrestles with duty, love, and mortality over three intense days. The novel explores themes of honour, sacrifice, and the brutal realities of war. Hemingway’s sparse, powerful prose and philosophical depth create a tragic yet deeply human story about interconnectedness and the cost of conflict.
