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For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway - 1940 A - First Edition 1st State DJ
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway - 1940 A - First Edition 1st State DJ
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For Whom the Bell Tolls is Ernest Hemingway’s celebrated 1940 novel set during the Spanish Civil War, following American dynamiter Robert Jordan as he joins a Republican guerrilla unit tasked with destroying a bridge near Segovia. A Book of the Month Club selection that sold over half a million copies within months of publication and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, it remains one of the most important and actively collected American novels of the 20th century.
This Edition — Identification Points:
This is a First Edition, First Printing, First State copy — the most desirable configuration of this title. All three key identification points are confirmed and present:
∙ First Printing: Scribner’s colophon “A” present on copyright page
∙ First State Dust Jacket: Rear panel portrait of Hemingway carries no photographer credit — the single most important distinguishing feature separating First State from all subsequent states
∙ Unclipped $2.75 price intact on front flap, confirming the jacket has never been trimmed
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1940.
Original oatmeal cloth boards stamped in red and black. 471 pages. Original pictorial dust jacket — black front with red lettering, mountain village illustration, and rear panel photograph of Hemingway at typewriter.
Condition:
Book boards solid with light shelf wear, binding tight and square, text pages clean throughout with no writing, highlighting or stamps. Dust jacket shows honest wear consistent with 85 years of age: tanning and soiling to rear panel, moisture staining, tape residue and corner wear to front flap, chipping at spine ends. All lettering remains fully legible.
Overall book: Very Good. Dust jacket: Good.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a confirmed First Edition, First Printing, First State copy of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century with its original First State dust jacket intact. First State jackets are significantly scarcer than Second State copies and command a premium among serious Hemingway collectors regardless of condition.
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This Edition — Identification Points:
This is a First Edition, First Printing, First State copy — the most desirable configuration of this title. All three key identification points are confirmed and present:
∙ First Printing: Scribner’s colophon “A” present on copyright page
∙ First State Dust Jacket: Rear panel portrait of Hemingway carries no photographer credit — the single most important distinguishing feature separating First State from all subsequent states
∙ Unclipped $2.75 price intact on front flap, confirming the jacket has never been trimmed
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1940.
Original oatmeal cloth boards stamped in red and black. 471 pages. Original pictorial dust jacket — black front with red lettering, mountain village illustration, and rear panel photograph of Hemingway at typewriter.
Condition:
Book boards solid with light shelf wear, binding tight and square, text pages clean throughout with no writing, highlighting or stamps. Dust jacket shows honest wear consistent with 85 years of age: tanning and soiling to rear panel, moisture staining, tape residue and corner wear to front flap, chipping at spine ends. All lettering remains fully legible.
Overall book: Very Good. Dust jacket: Good.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a confirmed First Edition, First Printing, First State copy of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century with its original First State dust jacket intact. First State jackets are significantly scarcer than Second State copies and command a premium among serious Hemingway collectors regardless of condition.
