For Sale 1st UK Edition

For Sale 1st Penguin Edition

Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $19.95 - Stated May 1985 Printing - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Dark-blue boards with silver lettering. 701 pages -

Very-nice, clean copy of this 1960 Hersey hardback. Stated Fourth Printing (December 1960). Price inside dustcover: $4.00. Author's photo on back cover. Dustcover shows mild wear and 2 very-small, closed tears. Black boards with gilt lettering and decoration (clean & bright). NO remainder marks. Back, inside-top dustcover edge has been clipped. 261 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine.

1st edition. ~ Paperback, F. 119pp, covers alittle marked otherwise a fine copy. Penguin book 603. ~ Account of the devastating effects of the first Atomic bomb which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945.

New and unused!

Great Britain 1946. Penguin Books. Small 8:o. Soft paper back. 119 pp + 7 p.

1st Printing. 9 x 6.25 x 1 Nice Tight Clean copy ! Jacket has small tear. 207 pages. 8687

1st Printing. 8.75 x 6 x 1.25 Crisp Tight Clean copy ! 304 pages. 7999

Eight Printing; dust jacket is worn but servicable; edge wear to boards, a bit of yellowing to end papers; Novel by John Hersey, published in 1944 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1945. The novel's action takes place during World War II after the occupation of Sicily by Allied forces. Major Victor Joppolo, an American army officer of Italian descent, is part of the Allied military government ruling the town of Adano. In his attempts to reform the town and bring democracy to the people by treating them with respect and decency, Joppolo comes into conflict with his commanding officer, a hard-nosed general who eventually has Joppolo transferred because of his refusal to follow orders. Joppolo's concern for the town is epitomized by his efforts to replace a bell that the fascists had melted down to use for ammunition.