This photo was sent to us several years ago, and is not verified because we were unable to locate another book with the same copyright page. Picture of the 1940 first edition dust jacket for For Whom the Bell Tolls. That point is well established.įor Whom the Bell Tolls was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist. The first issue dust jacket lacks a photo credit on the reverse under the photo of Hemingway. There seems to be plenty of them on the market. That said, we should also point out that editions with just the 'A' are NOT scarce.

So we will label the photo as 'not verified' and continue to be on the look-out for a book that will prove one way or another, whether both the 'A' and the seal should be present. The photo on this page was sent to us several years ago, and we have heard feedback that the photo looks suspect because the seal is not on the bottom of the page like in other Scribner's first editions. On the other hand we have not seen or heard about a copy of For Whom the Bell Tolls with both. Other Scribner's books published around the same time such as To Have and Have Not, The Yearling, The Dark Horse, The Last Tycoon, and Cross Creek all have both the 'A' and the seal. However, there is some debate over whether the Scribner's seal should also be present on the copyright page. Pages: 471 The first edition has an 'A' on the copyright page. First Edition Points and Criteria for For Whom the Bell Tolls

For whom the bell tolls first edition