A BELL FOR ADANO: A Limited Edition
by Hersey, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. 336 pp. Original red leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and three raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ pink moire endpapers. Pulitzer Prize 1945. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by John Thompson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5064
- Title
- A BELL FOR ADANO: A Limited Edition
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Illustrator
- John Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY WORLD WAR II 1939 1945 SECOND WORLD WAR WWII AUTHORS HERSEY JOHN 1914 1993 FRANKLIN MINT LIBRARY LITERARY WORKS ILLUSTRATED JOHN THOMPSON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - WWII;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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