First printing of Hemingway's novel of the Spanish Civil War, based in part upon his own experiences as a war correspondent there.
Near fine in very good minus dust jacket.
Price: $500.00
"No American writer is more associated with writing about war in the early 20th century than Ernest Hemingway." – Thomas Putnam
In describing his feelings while reporting upon the Spanish Civil War, Hemingway remarked that "I had no party but a deep interest in and love for the Republic." Hemingway's belief in the Republic may have circumscribed his ability to write as a journalist, but it later blossomed into one of his best novels, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. The protagonist is a teacher who becomes an anti-fascist guerrilla fighter, a tragic and disillusioned US hero in the apex of Hemingway's often imitated style.
Read more: Grissom, Ernest Hemingway: A Descriptive Bibliography, A.17.1.a; Putnam, "Hemingway on War and Its Aftermath," in Prologue, Vol. 38 No. 1, Spring 2006.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original beige cloth, front board lettered in black, spine stamped in red and black. Original price-clipped black dust jacket with uncredited photo of Hemingway on rear panel. Brown topstain, fore edge machine deckle. [10], 471, [1] pages. Moderate edgewear to jacket, bit of offsetting from red-stamped spine, mild damp-staining to edges; tape repairs to verso at corners and spine ends. Book with faded topstain, tiny bump to lower front board. Clean.
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