First Slovak edition of Hemingway’s »For Whom the Bell Tolls«, 1959

Beschreibung

Ernest HEMINGWAY: KOMU ZVONIA DO HROBU. [For Whom the Bell Tolls.] Translated by Alfonz Bednar. Epilogue by Jaroslav Schejbal. Cover, dust jacket and typography by Zdenek Seydl. Bratislava: Slovensky spisovatel (Pravda) 1959.

8vo. 495, [5] pages. Original publisher’s multicolour typographic cloth and dust jacket.

First Slovak edition of Hemingway’s famous novel »For Whom the Bell Tolls« (1940), designed by prolific Czech painter, engraver and book illustrated Zdenek Seydl.

»For Whom the Bell Tolls« was the first of Hemingway’s novels available for the Slovak reading audience.

Condition: Dust jacket with some small faults and tears at joints, edges and corners, in parts enforced with acid free scotch, paper time-stained, otherwise fine copy.

Reference: Kormúth, Dezider: Bibliografia anglickej a americkej literatúry 1900 – 1970. Bratislava: Matica slovenská 1995, Pos. 2155.