A Single Pebble

Alfred A Knopf, NY, 1956, 181 pgs. First/First edition, in Very Good/Very Good condition, with some shelf/edgewear, bit toning, and separation at top of spine/top edge. The DJ has shelf/edgewear, tear to spine top, and a spot of soiling to front edge. Otherwise reasonably tight, square, clean, and unclipped $3.00 price intact. A young American engineer is sent to China… Read more about this item

NY. Good in Very Good dust jacket; Cloth; Alfred A. Knopf; 1956; First Edition. Hersey, John. The Single Pebble. NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1956, First Edition, 181 pages. Illustrated dust wrapper, very good. Jacket design by George Salter. Yellow cloth boards will blue decoration and titles to front board and spine. Good, toning to… Read more about this item

N EW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Used; Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 181 PP CLEAN AND BRIGHT BINDING TIGHT BEIGE CLOTH COVER WITH GREEN WRITING AND TRIM SOME FOXING TO SPINE , DUST JACKET IS UNCLIPPED PRICE AND SOME WEAR AROUND EDGES AND SPINE. - A young… Read more about this item

VG / VG 1956 Knopf, first and second printing before publication. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful George Salter cover design. Nice solid copy with a touch of edge wear to the jacket.

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1956. First printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a square, tight binding. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has light-to-moderate edgewear, with several short tears. The spine is very slightly darkened. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First printing of this novel about a "young American engineer sent to China," with laid-in autograph sheet signed and inscribed by Hersey. First edition. Laid in is a 7 x 5 in. "Signed Autograph Specimens" sheet, on which Hersey has reproduced some Tu Fu verses quoted… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. fine in just about fine dustwrapper. Briefly Inscribed by the author.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [9], 3-181, [1] pp. Bound in pale yellow cloth with blue decorations on the boards and decorations and lettering in blue on the spine. Price of $3.00 on front flap of dust jacket. A Near Fine book with a bit of age toning to the… Read more about this item

Alfred A.Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. Sixth Printing. 181 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Second Printing before Publication. 181, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket by George Salter. Second Printing before Publication. 181, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With Autograph Letter, signed from Hersey to Lila Tyng dated August 6, 1956, "Of course I remember you, and I thank you for… Read more about this item

NY: Bantam, 1961. [1st printing] Jan. 1961; #A2182. Cover art by Kossin. Light edgewear; no creases.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 181p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine faintly tanned, and mild speckling on top foredge; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly edgeworn and has a tanned spine, but is otherwise intact. A novel about an American engineer… Read more about this item

Transworld Publishers, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. 1966. First Corgi Modern Reading Ed.. 143 pages. Pages are lightly tanned with a few small nicks and residue drops along text block edge. Cover has light shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with slight curling to corners. Mild crushing to spine ends, with visible reading creases to front cover and spine. Slight splitting… Read more about this item

New York.: Alfred A. Knopf.. First & second printings before publication.. 1956.. 181pp, dustjacket worn, pictorial cloth covered boards discoloured at the spine and edges, pencilled inscription front free endpaper dated June 17th 1956.. Novel. Young American engineer travels the Yangtze to inspect possible locations for a large dam and meets the river people. .

Knopf, 1956-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. SIGNED and dated (June, 1956) by John Hersey on the title page. The volume is gently canted, lightly perimeter toned, and there is a penciled ownership name on the front endpaper. The edge worn, unclipped, dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, has a few light surface abrasions, and… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1956. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is NOT price-clipped & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 183 pages. A novel based in 1920s China. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Hamish Hamilton, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed and marked.No inscription.Well bound.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. First edition. Jacket protected in mylar. Previous owner's name and stamp on front free endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Binding and hinges are firm. Small stain on front board and spine ends softened. Very minor edge wear to jacket.

Bantam Pathfinder, 1957 8th printing, 1957. This book is from the collection of Peter Dzwonkoski, former Director of Rare Books & Special Collections at the University of Rochester, and previously of Yale's Beinecke Library. Inscribed to Peter on title page. Very good plus mass market paperback.. Inscribed by Author(s). Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. The corners of the jacket are slightly worn and the edges of the spine binding and binding corners are yellowed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to… Read more about this item