HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.

8vo. Original beige cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in black spotting, partial dust jacket laid into rear). Provenance: Ruth White Lowry (1884-1974), Hemingway's cousin and Kansas City native (recipient of Hemingway's inscription); William Malcom Lowry (1884-1953), Ruth's husband.

Early printing (without the "A" and Scribner's shield on copyright). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY TO HIS COUSIN, RUTH LOWRY: "For Ruth and Malcom, from this child producing house guest who is very fond of them (what a lousy dedication when there is so much to say), Ernest Hemingway."

Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Pauline, had both of their children—Patrick and Gregory—in Kansas City, where they stayed with Hemingway's cousin, Ruth Lowry, for the births.

Property from a Private St. Louis Collection