A Bell for Adano
by Hersey, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stow, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1944. Hardcover. The author's first novel. Winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. 269 pp. First edition stated on copyright page with no additional printings noted. vii, 269 pp. Fine book (binding square and tight, no markings) / Very Good dust jacket ($2.50 price not clipped; chip missing at top of spine, light edgewear, especially at spine and flapfold extremities). A clean, solid copy.
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
- Buckeye Bookshop Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6603
- Title
- A Bell for Adano
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- 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....