A Bell for Adano
by Hersey, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Yellow cloth hardcover. Stated 9th printing, July 1944. Inscribed to the ffep by Hersey to Bob and Janet Lee; Robert E. Lee was a noted American playwright and lyricist, while Janet Waldo Lee was a voice actress who voiced Judy Jetson. Cloth is sunned and insected; top corner points/block is bumped, block edge is insected and stained; page corners are turned. Hinges and binding are sound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 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 #
- 36069
- Title
- A Bell for Adano
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth 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
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- FFEP
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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