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Hiroshima
by Hersey, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Pre-printed Ex Libris Bookplate, signature, blind-stamped crimped circle.
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York.: A Borzoi Book / Alfred A Knopf., 1946. Same date, copyright and title pages. No print line.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Pre-printed Ex Libris Bookplate, signature, blind-stamped crimped circle.. 1 First edition. Gray-weave patterned textured cloth over boards. Maroon titles, small cover graphic. [7], 120 p. 20 cm. This history first appeared in the magazine, The New Yorker. For author John Hersey, this volume was his 4th, notably following "A Bell for Adano" in 1944, an enduring wartime fiction. "Hiroshima" is factual, opening with the chapter, "A Noiseless Flash", in which the reader is reminded, "At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima". Hersey ascribed what 6 survivors were doing at that moment, and follows their narratives throughout this history. Included is a news clipping review, N.Y. Times, for a reprint, 4/Aug/85, by author John Toland, with archival news photos.
Synopsis
Hiroshima by John Hersey tells the account of six survivors covering the time before, during and after the U.S. bombing of Japan in World War II. Hersey chronicles the horrors of the event in simple, graphic detail in what was originally published as a 31,000 word article in New Yorker magazine in 1946. Just a few months later, Alfred A. Knopf printed it in book form.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.US1780010611
- Title
- Hiroshima
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Pre-printed Ex Libris Bookplate, signature, blind-stamped crimped circle.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Same date, copyright and title pages. No print line.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A Borzoi Book / Alfred A Knopf.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- News clipping book review, N.Y. Times by John Toland|Author: "A Bell for Adano" in 1944|Survivor narratives
- Bookseller catalogs
- US History & American Studies;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Biblio member since 2017
Newport, New Hampshire
About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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