Description
The first Hungarian Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls (Akiért A Harang Szól) by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1945.
Octavo, [two volumes], 336pp; 378pp. Quarter beige buckram, title stamped in black on the spine, black paper over boards. Light dust remnants along top edge, internally clean. Solid binding, both near fine examples. Both volumes include the publisher’s dust jackets, archival tape repair to verso of both, shallow chipping to spines, bright and vibrant illustrations on both. Includes the publishers’ laid-in description of the work. An attractive edition.
This work was translated into Hungarian by István Sötér, with dust jacket illustrations by Vera Csillag. The Hungarian translations of Hemingway’s works are highlighted by their unique, Soviet-era dust jacket designs, including Gazdagok és szegények [To Have and Have Not] by Éva Kármán, Búcsú a fegyverekt l [Farewell to Arms] by Róbert Byssz and this work, Akiért A Harang Szól, designed by Vera Csillag.
