February 2013 Auction Ends Wednesday, February 6th, 5pm Pacific

Lot #986:

Ernest Hemingway ''For Whom The Bell Tolls'' First Edition, First Printing -- Signed by Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway signed ''For Whom The Bell Tolls,'' Scribner's: New York: 1940. First printing is indicated by Scribner's ''A'' printed to the copyright page. The Nobel Laureate author inscribes the front free endpaper: ''To F.C. Cleary With Very Best Wishes / Ernest Hemingway''. Hemingway was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for this novel, about a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. Bound in oatmeal cloth boards with red print block to spine. Runs 471pp. Measures 6'' x 8.5''. Beneath the inscription, a discreet pencil notation reads ''12-17-40''. Toning to backstrip and endpapers with scratching to tail edge, else fine.