Lot #555

Ernest Hemingway Signed Book - For Whom the Bell Tolls - "From his old bar customer, Ernest Hemingway"

Description

Signed early printing of the classic 1940 novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, presented to the owner of the "Chatham" watering hole, “from his old bar customer, Ernest Hemingway”

Signed book: For Whom the Bell Tolls. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover bound in publisher's buff cloth, stamped in black and red (sans dust jacket), 6 x 8.5, 471 pages. Signed and inscribed on an opening page in black ink, "To Viola, Jr., of the Chatham, from his old bar customer, Ernest Hemingway." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G+/None, with dampstaining to boards and rubbing to the spine.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Science and Technology
• Dates: #737 - Ended 03/18/2026

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