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A Bell for Adano
by Hersey, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1944. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Yellow cloth titled in mauve. Stated first edition but fourth printing. Inscribed to the ffep by Hersey. Foxing to cloth and block edge, gutter at front endpage darkened; PO name stamped to 2nd ffep. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, slightly chipped, lightly sunned to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pp. pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
A Bell for Adano is a film directed by Henry King starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. The film was adapted from the novel A Bell for Adano by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945. The story concerns Italian-American U.S. Army Major Joppolo, who is placed in charge of the town of Adano during the invasion of Sicily.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32587
- Title
- A Bell for Adano
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Novel, World War II, Italy, Pulitzer Prize Book, Narrative, Story, Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
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