First Edition!!!

I just got my hands on a first-edition (read FIRST EDITION) Ernest Hemingway!!!!!!!!!!! It’s the first edition (I just love saying that… First… Edition. *giggles* Love it.) of For Whom the Bell Tolls, from 1940!

Ernest Hemingway!!

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Front Page

That 'A' at the bottom means FIRST EDITION!!!!!!

Plot summary from Wikipedia:

“This novel is told primarily through the thoughts and experiences of Robert Jordan, a character inspired by Hemingway’s own experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Robert Jordan is an American who travels to Spain to oppose the fascist forces of Francisco Franco.

A superior has ordered him to travel behind enemy lines and destroy a bridge, using the aid of a group of guerrillas who have been living in the mountains nearby. Robert Jordan encounters one of those in their camp, María, a young Spanish native whose life has been shattered by the outbreak of the war. His strong sense of duty clashes with both Republican partisan leader Pablo’s fear and unwillingness to commit to a covert operation which would have repercussions and his own joie de vivre that is kindled by his newfound love for María.

The novel graphically describes the brutality of civil war.”

This is the first time I’ve ever owned a first edition!!! YEAH!!!! I got it from the man that feeds my addiction; John Thompson, also known as the Bookman. He used to set up at the University of Winnipeg, which is where I spent the first two years of my postsecondary education. He helped me empty my wallet quite a few times. I happened to check his website one day (see link above) and I saw he had this Hemingway for sale. I emailed him, and met him at the UofW a couple weeks later to pick it up. He was laughing my excitement, but really, as a budding collector I had yet to lay my hands on a first edition. Did I mention it was a first edition? It’s a first edition. Yay!

As an aside, Metallica has a song by the same title!

Til next time (First Edition!!!),

Laurie