The Call

PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Original publisher's letter laid in (one light smudge.) Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Hersey, (1914-1993) was… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1985. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Signed edition. Full leather binding with gilt lettering and decorations. This book is in Near Fine condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered… Read more about this item

First Trade Edition Book in very good condition with good dust jacket. Told in the form of a fictional biography, this account of the life and vocation of David Treadup, a New York farm boy who becomes a missionary to China, portrays the complex fascinating history of China in this century

The Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New. Signed First Edition. Published by Franklin Library, 1985. Octavo. Bound in blue leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Five raised spine bands, marbled endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Signed by author on tipped in page in front. Book… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394543319 . A nice first Trade edition/first printing preceded only by the privately published Franklin Library edition, in Fine condition, seemingly unread, in about Fine, lightly toned dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. Unread Fine condition, SIGNED by author John Hersey, only a few minute scrapes to gilded pages separate this copy from being As New; A portrait of life in China as seen by an American missionary… Read more about this item

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING. Limited Edition for The Franklin Library collection of "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time", 1985. Signed by Hersey on a bound-in signature page. Navy Blue Leather Bound with Gilt Decorations and Lettering. All Gilt Text Edges, Marbled Endpapers and attached Ribbon Bookmark. Text Clean, no marks. Binding Tight and Square. Not ex-library. Books… Read more about this item

Flat signed by the author for the Signed First Edition Society. Fine with slight fading to gilt edges. Full blue leather binding with gold embossed design and gold lettering/design on spine. Blue ribbon sewn in; blue marbled endpapers. Issued without dust jacket.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Full leather gilt. Bottom edge modestly rubbed, near fine. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition Signed by the author with a special message to subscribers from the author not included in the trade edition. Typed presentation letter from the… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A. Knopp, Inc., 1985. Jacket scuffed with edgewear. Boards have rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985. Hardcover. Illustrations by Herbert Tauss. Small 4to. Full dark blue calf with gilt lettering and decorations. 697pp. All edges gilt. 5 color illustrations, map, sewn-in blue satin page marker, marbled endpapers. Near fine. A tight and handsome first of this edition, one of an unspecified limited edition signed by Hersey in blue… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1985. First Trade Edition. Told in the form of a fictional biography, this account of the life and vocation of David Treadup, a New York farm boy who becom/very good. First Trade EditionBook in very good condition with good dust jacket Told in the form of a fictional biography, this account of the life and vocation of… Read more about this item

Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library , 1985. First edition. Leather. Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Herbert Tauss. A stunning limited first signed edition of The Call. This is a limited first edition copy of The Call, which has been privately printed, and personally signed by John Hersey. This copy is illustrated by Herbert Tauss. The Call, is in the… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing, preceding the trade edition. SIGNED by author John Hersey, unread As New condition; A portrait of life in China as seen by an American missionary from 1906 until the 1950s. John Hersey was the son of a China… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First trade. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. Unread Fine condition, SIGNED by author John Hersey; A portrait of life in China as seen by an American missionary from 1906 until the 1950s. John Hersey was the son of a China missionary and… Read more about this item

Blue leather with gilt decorations and page ends. I see no defects but NF in I miss something.

Knopf, 1985-03-12. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.0000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.2000 in. 1st Trade Edition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth, silver foil titles & device with small orange foil decorations, endpaper maps, [4], viii, 701, [3] pp, index. DJ shows slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Hersey, who spent the first eleven years of his life in… Read more about this item

Franklin Center:: Franklin Library,. Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. Limited first edition. SIGNED by the author. Publisher's letter laid in. Octavo, fully bound in blue leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in ribbon book mark. Wear to the gilt on the fore edge, else very good.… Read more about this item