Bell Adano, Signed (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed. SIGNED copy. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration, a copy in near fine condition.

Leather Bound. Condition: Collectible-very good. No Jacket. Signed Limited Edition Franklin Library, minor wear, scratches to front board. Previous owner's sticker inside cover, came from a private collection. Pictures available upon request. Signed By Author.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Leather Bound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Signed by Author.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Limited Edition. Octavo. Forest green leather covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering and ornament on the spine and shiny gilt ornament on both boards. Book has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of a couple of the corners. Textured peach colored silk endpapers. Signed by the author in blue pen on the second white endpaper. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 291 pages. Illustrated throughout by Mitchell Hooks. Tan silk ribbon bookmark fastened at the head of the spine. All outside edges gilt. Heavier than average book may require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. No dust jacket, as issued. A lovely copy. Winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Signed by the Author.

Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). Hardcover. Condition: AS NEW. Hooks, Mitchell (illustrator). Limited Edition. 291 pages, 8vo. Privately printed and individually signed by the author, John Hersey. Limited Edition. Bound in full leather boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers. Full gilt page edges, bound silk ribbon bookmarks, silk moire inside covers and endpapers. Shelfwear: ZERO. Tightly bound, no marks. A gorgeous book, MINT condition, signed by one of America's most beloved authors. Incredible addition to any personal library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). 1st Edition. This Limited Edition Of "A Bell For Adano" By John Hersey" Has Been Privately Printed, And Individually Signed By The Author. Rich Green Leather With A Gold Silk Ribbon Bookmark Sewn In. The End-Papers Are Salmon Moire Fabric. All Edges Gilt. We Have Listed Them As Near Fine Even Though They Have Set Of A Shelf For The Past 35 Years. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Franklin Library (PA) 1978 First Edition Thus. Fine in full leather binding with all edge gilt and gilt titles and designs. Silk end pages. SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hooks, Mitchell (illustrator). Limited. Cover is in excellent condition. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Author has signed FEP. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Fine binding. Signed by the author. Near Fine condition. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). This book is in excellent, gently-used condition. There are no attached bookplates or embossed seals. Sharp corners, no obvious scuffs or rubs. There are little to no scratches/marks to the gilded page-edging. Signed by Author(s).

Leather. 291 pages plus a three-page introduction written by the author especially for this edition. Bound in full green leather, decorated in gilt, with gold edges, a silk bookmarker, and silk moire endpapers. This is one of a limited number of signed copies. A fine copy. Signed by the author.

Full-Leather. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Hooks, Mitchell (illustrator). Limited. beautiful autographed limited edition of this novel by John Hersey, published by the Franklin Mint, in as new condition, tight and unopened, full green leather binding with all gilt and silk ribbon intact, no dustjacket (as issued), includes booklet of notes, author's autograph covered by tissue. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited. Fine Signed. Leatherette Binding with much gold stamping, silk endpapers, all edges gilt.

Condition: Fine. Limited edition. Signed by the Hersey on front fly. Full green leather, decoratively gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hooks, Mitchell (illustrator). Limited Edition. 291 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author John Hersey. Limited Edition. Bound in full leather boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers. Full gilt page edges, bound silk ribbon bookmarks, silk moire inside covers and endpapers. Shelfwear: light rubbing along cover edges, very light fading along edges of front and rear inside covers and endpapers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine-minus condition. Signed by Author(s).

leather_bound. Condition: Like New. ***Please Read*** Signed by Author - Mitchell Hooks Illustrator - Book looks NEW w/ no marks on text - My shelf location - 38-d-27. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Signed Limited Edition. Octavo. 291 pp. Fine. Green leather with lavish gilt decoration to boards and spine. All edges gilt. Signed by Hersey in blue ink and protected by tissue guard. Light pink moire silk endpapers and sewn-in silk bookmark. Included is the supplemental pamphlet. Notes From the Editors for the Signed Limited Editions. Also included is the original packing box. A fine copy. Securely shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

First paperback edition. Bantam 45. Inscribed by the author, "To---, from the days when books could be bought for 25c!" One of the earliest of Bantam books, with cover art and illustrated end-papers by Cal Diehl. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. Story set in the little Italian town of Adano during WW II.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The signed Franklin edition. A nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition BOMC. Good copy lacking dust jacket. Signed by Hersey of title page. In brown blindstamped cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Moderate wear and rubbing to edges. Included is another"A Bell for Adano" copy with yellow cloth covers and first state dust jacket with price on upper front flap. First Edition, Third printing. Missing ffep. Unmarked endpapers and text pages. Moderate wear to book and jacket. in protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed by Hersey on the second blank page with tissue guard laid over. Winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for best novel. A book from the Franklin Library 60 Signed leather bound Limited Edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Bound in dark green full leather with design and lettering stamped in gilt. All edges in gilt. Pink moiré endpapers with ribbon place marker. A fine and bright as new unread copy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

A Bell for Adano by John Hersey. Illustrations by Mitchell Hooks. A limited edition, signed. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1978. Measures 8l.75 x 6". 291 p. In very good condition. Decorated boards remain attractive. Text-block edges gilt. Text-block and illustrations are bright and clean. Silk ribbon is clean. Binding is tight and intact. Please see photos. John Hersey was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York Univeristy's journalism department. RAREA1978ABCX MC71 26/01.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition as stated on copyright page. Signed by author on third front free end paper. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Near fine book, minor scratches on forend and top and bottom edges, light dent on front cover, and light rubbing on bottom corners of back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed, limited edition. Signed by Hersey on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Accompanied by the quite scarce accompanying twenty-two page "Notes From the Editors" commentary, laid in. Illustrations by Mitchell Hooks. Octavo, 291 pp. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the Signed, Limited Edition of Hersey's 1945 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the bonding of an American officer and the townspeople of Adano, in Italy, during World War II. Artist Mitchell Hooks echoes the mood in nice detail. Rich Forest topgrain leather binding, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, Old Gold moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat; the paper is 60-pound Franklin Library Eggshell Wove; text set in 11-point Goudy Olde Style typeface. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless, and protectively archived since arrival; page-marker has in fact never been moved. With the author's newly-contributed "A Special Message to Subscribers from John Hersey" prefacing the novel, and the seldom-retained "Notes from the Editors" which arrived with original shipments of the piece. Please see all scans. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. l-frnkln2. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1978 LIMITED EDITION Black Leather hardcover book LIKE NEW with gold accents on cover/spine and page edging, includes an attached satin bookmark ribbon, has protective tissue paper over the signature, also the editors special booklet is also included, SIGNED by author JON HERSEY. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). Limited Signed Edition. A Fine Limited edition that bears the signature of author John Hersey; The story on an Italian-American major who wins the love and admiration of a small Sicilian village when he tries to replace the 700-year-old town bell that was melted down by the Fascists. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; Color Illustrations; 8vo; [x], 291, [3] pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo pp. 291. silk Moire end papers; silk place ribbon, AEG , 4 raised bands, signed by the author, full leather. Signed by Author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very dark green leather with bright gilt elaborate border decorations and center geometric decorations to front and rear - all edges bright gilt, endpapers moire silk, archival paper, and 4 raised bands to spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of any flaws - beautiful book, Fine. Signed by Hersey on a blank page with a laid-in tissue guard. Signed by Author(s).

1978 Hersey, John A BELL FOR ADANO A Limited Edition Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978 291pp illustrated Mithcell Hooks 8vo Signed by John Hersey on third blank epage (tissue paper protector present) Green leather stamped in gold, raised bands, silk moire end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine+. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks (illustrator). Limited Signed Edition. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Hersey in Very Fine condition; The story on an Italian-American major who wins the love and admiration of a small Sicilian village when he tries to replace the 700-year-old town bell that was melted down by the Fascists. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [x], 291, [3] pages; Signed by Author.