"Papa" Hemingway Signed First Edition "For Whom the Bell Tolls" with COA, 1940
Item Details
This signed first edition of For Whom the Bell Tolls was presented by Ernest Hemingway to his friend Georges Duplaix, the translator of Hemingway’s Men Without Women into French. As a sometimes shooting partner of Hemingway and mutual friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald, this volume features to the front pastedown ‘To F. Scott Duplaix/’You shoot well’ and signed ‘Papa,’ a signature that was only used for family and very close friends.
| Title and Author/Editor | For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway) |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Dust Jacket | Yes |
| Publisher or Printer | Charles Scribner’s Sons |
| Publication Year | 1940 |
| Period | Early to Mid-20th Century |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Edition Statement | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Signed | Yes |
| Signed by | Ernest Hemingway as “Papa” with inscription “You shoot well” to F. Scott Duplaix |
| Number of Books | 1 |
| Additional Information | This first edition features the price of $2.75 to the front flap, a 1940 copyright date with “A” to the copyright page and a photograph of Hemingway to the back cover. The photo of Hemingway is not credited, so indicates a first state dust jacket. |
Condition
- wear to cover with fraying, fading to spine, rubbed edges and soiling; chipping, edge wear and small tears to first state dust jacket; tape repairs to dust jacket verso; cracked front hinge and cocked spine; graphite writing to endpaper; browning and fading to text blocks and text edges; tight text and clean pages; a Certificate of Authenticity, dated June 01, 2016, from Mystery Pier Books, Inc. accompanies the book.
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Item #
ITMG641174
