A Bell For Adano
by John Hersey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
Item Price
$160.00$96.00
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1944 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rare copy.Pulitzer Prize Winner! Same date to title and copyright pages:1944.War time printing. Covers show wear to edges, spine and corners. Bell design stamped on spine, mission style building stamped on front cover.Water stain. Uncut pages show age, yet are tight, clean and unmarked. No jacket. Cover condition: Good +, inside condition of book: Very Good. .
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
- Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000009
- Title
- A Bell For Adano
- Author
- John Hersey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Italy, soldier, war time, Pulitzer Prize Winner, first edition, Film, Movies,
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Supercalifabulistic Books
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Mena, Arkansas
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...