A BELL FOR ADANO (Signed)
by Hersey, John; illustrated by Mitchell Hooks
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Penn: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition. Leather. Fine. SIGNED by the author. Limited edition. A Fine copy. 8vo. Bound in full green leather with gilt title and elaborate design. Moire end papers and silk ribbon. All edges gilt. SIGNED by Hersey on a front end paper, with tissue guard.
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
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27737
- Title
- A BELL FOR ADANO (Signed)
- Author
- Hersey, John; illustrated by Mitchell Hooks
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Penn
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- signed, fiction, classic, modern
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...