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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, Early Printing, 1940

Name: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, Early Printing, 1940
Brand: Ernest Hemingway
Rating: 4.9 (39 reviews)

Price:$3,700

About the Item

Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Early Printing. This is an early printing of the Classic Hemingway novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls. For Whom the Bell Tolls is an unembellished, blunt commentary on the nature of war and death. The book draws inspiration from Hemingway’s time as a war correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance during the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway first started writing For Whom the Bell Tolls in Cuba and later finished it in Sun Valley, Idaho. It was first published in October of 1940 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, and received strong praise. "This is the best book Ernest Hemingway has written, the fullest, the deepest, the truest. It will, I think, be one of the major novels of American literature. Hemingway has struck universal chords and he has struck them vibrantly" (J. Donald Adams). Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy of words and dry understatement, strongly influenced 20th century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school, he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home within the year; his wartime experiences became the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. In 1922, Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there, he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate Community known as the "Lost Generation". He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are now considered classics of American literature. Condition: Early printing, 1940. Published in New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Interior pages clean, and paper is healthy. Book has contemporary binding. Bound in full green leather with raised bands and gilt titles, a gilt embossed facsimile signature on front, and green marbled endpapers. The book is sold with a matching cloth slipcase. Slipcase features Hemingway's portrait and embossed facsimile signature on the front. Book dimensions, in case: 9" x 6 1/4" x 2 1/4".

Creator:
Ernest Hemingway (Author)
Dimensions:
Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1940-1949
Date of Manufacture:
1940
Condition:
Seller Location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Reference Number:
Seller: BK0624-C1stDibs: LU909717156672

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