For Whom The Bell Tolls.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

Item Number: 128561

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.

First edition with the Scribners A on the copyright page of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, single gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.

For Whom the Bell Tolls combines two of Hemingway's recurring obsessions: war and personal honor. "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). It was the basis for the 1943 film directed by Sam Wood, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress; however, only the Greek actress Katina Paxinou won an Oscar for her portrayal of Pilar.