HERSEY, JOHN

The Call: An American Missionary in China

Alfred a Knopf Inc. 1985-04-01. (ISBN: 0394543319) Hardcover, 8x6x1. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

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Book number: 224254

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0394543319

John Hersey

The Call

Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1985. First edition. Leather. A stunning limited first signed edition of The Call. This is a limited first edition copy of The Call, which has been privately printed, and personally signed by John Hersey. This copy is illustrated by Herbert Tauss. The Call, is in the form of a fictionalised biography with letters and excerpts from David Treadup's journal who is an American Protestant missionary in China during the first half of the twentieth century. John Hersey was an American writer and journalist and considered one of the earliest practitioners of New Journalism and has signed this copy. There is a map to the rear and three double page colour plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original decorative morocco binding. Externally, very smart. The author has signed the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Herbert Tauss. Fine .

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Book number: 821B16

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: John Hersey The Call novel biography The Call Herbert Tauss

HERSEY John -

Una campana per Adano.

Milano, Mondadori, 1973, 16mo (cm. 18,5 x 11) brossura editoriale con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 265 (Gli Oscar, 499) .

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Book number: 2-89732

Catalogue: Narrativa sulla Seconda Guerra Mondiale

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Hersey, John

The Child Buyer; a Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education...

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 257 p. 22 cm. Very good condition/good.

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Book number: 28123

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions

Hersey, John

The Child Buyer; a Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education...

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. 257 p. 22 cm. Very good condition, lacking front flyleaf .

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Book number: 32463

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

Hersey, John

The Child Buyer; a Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, & Public Morality of a Certain State Senate, Investigating the Conspiracy of Mr. Wissey Jones, with Others, to Purchase a Male Child

New York, Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. 257 p. 22 cm. Very good condition .

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Book number: 32500

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

Hersey, John

The Child Buyer

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. 1st Edition. 257 [5]p. dj. .

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Book number: 012710

Keywords: American Literature

Hersey, John,

The Child Buyer: A Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare & Public Morality. . . ..

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover., G/G Dj Darkened, Edgeworn, Soiled, Darkened at Spine. Pages: 258.

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Book number: MASTER234941I

Catalogue: Literature

HERSEY, JOHN

The Child Buyer

London, U.K. Hamish Hamilton. 1961. hardcover. Used, Hardcover. "A novel in the form of hearings before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, & Public Morality of a certain State Senate, investigating the conspiracy of Mr Wissey Jones, with others, to purchase a male child". Edge-worn jacket with slight damage to spine ends and a small section of upper edge of front jacket. Back jacket is faded around edges. Leading jacket corners are quite worn. Boards are in good general condition. Spine foot is lightly bumped. Page block head and face are very foxed. Brown liquid stain on head of page block. Dated dedication on FEP. Pastedowns, endpapers and first few pages of book are very foxed and book has intermittent foxing throughout. Contents sound. AF. Acceptable/Good.

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Book number: 268633

Catalogue: Literature

Hersey, John,

The Child Buyer: a novel in the form of hearings before the standing committee on Education, Welfare & Public Morality etc..

NY, Knopf, 1960. 1st ed 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. A company buys precocious children of potential genius. A case for individuality, freedom of thought, integrity & faith in the. young. DJ sl browned toward edges.

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Book number: BOOKS032959I

Catalogue: Fiction

Hersey, John (1914-1993)

The Child Buyer; a Novel in the Form of Hearings before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, & Public Morality of a Certain State Senate, Investigating the Conspiracy of Mr. Wissey Jones, with Others, to Purchase a Male Child

New York: Knopf 1960. 2nd Printing before publication. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong; 257 pages; Description: 257 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Conspiracies--Fiction.

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Book number: 164311

Hersey, John (1914-1993)

The child buyer : a novel in the form of hearings before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, and Public Morality of a certain State Senate, investigating the conspiracy of Mr. Wissey Jones, with others, to purchase a male child

New York : Alfred A. Knopf 1960. 1st and 2nd printings before publication. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 257 pages; Description: 257 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Conspiracies --Fiction.

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Book number: 173368

Hersey, John (1914-1993)

The Child Buyer; a Novel in the Form of Hearings before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, & Public Morality of a Certain State Senate, Investigating the Conspiracy of Mr. Wissey Jones, with Others, to Purchase a Male Child

New York. Knopf 1960. Third Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. ; 257 pages; Description: 257 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Conspiracies--Fiction.

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Book number: 60613

HERSEY, John

The child buyer

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket 1st.ed.. Spine a little bumped at head & foot; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS065138I

HERSEY, JOHN

The Conspiracy

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1972, 1st UK Ed.. (ISBN: 0241021731) Hard Cover. Novel of conspiracy and fear in Nero's Rome and the death of Seneca. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 14275

Catalogue: Rome - Ancient - Fiction

Keywords: Rome Ancient Nero Seneca Fiction Roman Empire 0241021731