For Whom the Bell Tolls.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

Item Number: 137003

Princeton: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club Princeton University Press, 1942.

Signed limited edition of one of Hemingway’s finest works, signed by illustrator Lynd Ward. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with lithographs drawn on stone by Lynd Ward. Signed by Lynd Ward on the colophon. With an introduction by Sinclair Lewis. Near fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition. Uncommon.

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.