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Hersey, John. Hiroshima. With a New Poem by Robert Penn Warren, and Silk-Screens by Jacob Lawrence.. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$1100.00 + shipping

Description: Covers slightly scuffed in a somewhat worn slipcase with tear top rear, otherwise a Fine copy. 112 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, 8 color illustrations; 33 cm. Signed by John Hersey, Robert Penn Warren, and Jacob Lawrence. Copy number 328 of 1500.

Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.

Hersey, John, 1914-1993. [Illustrated by Jacob Lawrence, 1917-2000] [Poem by Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989]. Hiroshima. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has a small area in upper right corner that reflects light differently -- maybe a thumbmark. Backstrip lightly sunned but still black. Contents sound and clean with all slightly over-sized tissue guards present. Slipcase lighty scuffed and worn. Edition limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies --. signed by Lawrence, Hersey, and Warren. This copy is signed by all three but not numbered. Hersey's text originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1946. The LEC edition includes "New Dawn: Hiroshima," a poem written by Warren in 1983.

Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.

Hersey, John, 1914-1993. [Illustrated by Jacob Lawrence, 1917-2000] [Poem by Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989]. Hiroshima. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has several visible but not deep, scratch marks on front and back covers. Backstrip lightly sunned and still black. Contents sound and clean with all tissue guards present. Slipcase sound with some cloth appearing to have been reglued. Copy No. 838 of an Edition limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies -- signed by Lawrence, Hersey, and Warren. Hersey's text originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1946. The LEC edition includes "New Dawn: Hiroshima," a poem written by Warren in 1983.

Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.

Hersey, John; Lawrence, Jacob (illustrator); Warren, Robert Penn (contributor). Hiroshima. Limited Editions Club, 1983.

Price: US$1350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Copy #1379 of 1500 numbered copies, signed by artist Jacob Lawrence, author John Hersey, and Robert Penn Warren (who contributed a poem). A fine copy in publisher's supple black leather, in a good copy of the black cloth slipcase (book spine has a slight hint of fading; slipcase has wear and fraying as usual). The 8 silkscreen prints by Lawrence are pristine, as issued, with original glassine interleaving. Monthly Letter laid in loose.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

John Hersey; Robert Penn Warren; Jacob Lawrence [illus.]. Hiroshima [Signed Limited Edition]. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Limited Edition, signed by John Hersey, Jacob Lawrence, and Robert Penn Warren in pencil and numbered 1007 of 1500 copies on colophon at rear. Quarto (12.75" x 9.75"); unpaginated. Eight silk screens by Lawrence with loose tissue guards, complete. Full black aniline leather blind-stamped at front. All edges black, with black endpapers. Publisher's monthly letter and instructions for care laid in at front. Housed in publisher's slipcase with dark purple lettering. Boards are square with a few faint scuffs and smudges to surface and significant fading to spine. Fairly heavy and large-patched foxing to preliminary and terminal pages (though not to colophon), with much lighter to non-existent foxing to rest of interior and a few tissue guards (not affecting illustrations). Prior owner's armorial bookplate attached (upside-down) to rear pastedown. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club and leather care card, both also somewhat foxed, laid in at front. Slipcase is a bit rubbed along edges, but sturdy and solid. Smells a bit musty, but not of smoke.

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

John Hersey. With a new poem by Robert Penn Warren. Eight eleven color silk-screens by Jacob Lawrence.. Hiroshima. No. 3 of 1500 copies signed by Hersey, Warren and Lawrence,. New York: Limited Editions Club,, 1983.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: No. 3 of 1500 copies signed by Hersey, Warren and Lawrence, royal 4to (12.5 x 9.5 inches), unpaginated, 8 eleven color silk-screens by Jacob Lawrence. Original full blind titled black analine calf, smooth back, all edges black. In original red titled black cloth slipcase. Fine clean bright copy in near fine slipcase. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. No owner signatures or inscriptions. H10666 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.

Hersey, John. Hiroshima with a New Poem by Robert Penn Warren and Silk Screens by Jacob Lawrence. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$1600.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Quarto, illustrated A fine copy in full black leather illustrated by Jacob Lawrence with beautiful silk screens each with a tissue guard , and enclosed in publisher's black cloth slipcase - fine. Limited to 1500 numbered copies this copy #783 and signed by John Hersey, Robert Penn Warren and Jacob Lawrence

Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

JOHN HERSEY. HIROSHIMA - THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB - WITH A NEW POEM BY ROBERT PENN WARREN AND SILK SCREENS BY JACOB LAWRENCE. COPY NUMBER 50. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ARTIST & POET.. THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1983, 1983.

Price: US$1625.21 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIFTEEN HUNDRED COPIES OF THIS EDITION OF "HIROSHIMA" WERE PRINTED BY BRUCE CHANDLER AND DANIEL KELEHER AT THE WILD CARROT LETTERPRESS IN HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS. THE BOOK WAS DESIGNED BY BEN SHIFF. THE TEXT WAS HAND SET IN FOUNDRY OPTIMA MEDIUM AT TH GOLGONOOZA LETTER FOUNDRY, ASHUELOT VILLAGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE EIGHT ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS WERE PRINTED IN ELEVEN COLOURS AT THE STUDIO HEINRICI LTD, NEW YORK CITY. THE BOOK WAS FULL BOUND IN BLACK ANILINE LEATHER AT ROBERT BURLEN & SON. COPY NUMBER 50. THE BOOK COMES WITH BLACK BOX SLIPCASE. THE BOOK IS IN FABULOUS CONDITION. NORMAL WEAR AND MARKS APPLY, CONSISTENT WITH USE AND AGE. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A LARGE BOOK AND THEREFORE POSTAGE/SHIPPING MAY INCREASE FROM LISTED PRICE, DEPENDING ON FINAL DESTINATION. PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL, EMOTIVE BOOK I HAVE EVER READ, ABSOLUTLEY GORGEOUS SILKSCREEN PRINTED IMAGES. A TRULY TREASURED BOOK THAT TRULY REFLECTS A TRULY HORRIFIC TRADEGY THAT SHOULD NEVER OF OCCURED OR FORGOTTEN.

Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom

HERSEY, John, Jacob Lawrence. Hiroshima. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition thus, with introduction by Robert Penn Warren and illustrated with eight original silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence. Folio. Full black aniline leather. Spine toned to brown, thus near fine in near fine lightly worn cloth slipcase. This is one of 50 out of series copies for presentation, with embossed stamp on the colophon leaf and Signed by Hersey, Warren, and Lawrence. There were also 1500 numbered copies. A stunning production. The Lawrence silkscreens, printed in 11 colors, are magnificent.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Hersey, John (text); Warren, Robert Penn (poem); Lawrence, Jacob (illustrations). HIROSHIMA - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: One of 1,500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors, this being copy no.573. Quarto (32.75cm); full black aniline leather, with title embossed onto front cover; all edges stained black; publisher's original black cloth slipcase; unpaged; illustrated throughout with eight silkscreen prints by Jacob Lawrence, printed in 11 colors, each with an interleaved tissue guard. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, with some light external wear, and some minor separation to the inner cloth lining around the lower opening. A masterful production by The Limited Editions Club of Hersey's 1946 book, chronicling the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Hersey's work comprised the entirety of the August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker, and was subsequently published in book format a few months later by Alfred A. Knopf. In addition to a new afterword by the author, and a poem by Robert Penn Warren ("New Dawn: Hiroshima"), this edition features eight full-page silkscreen prints by renown African American painter Jacob Lawrence. In his artist's note, he mentioned going into mental retreat after reading the book. "Because this book is such a strong statement of man's inhumanity to man, I found this work to be a most challenging book to illustrate. In my attempt to meet the challenge, I read and reread Hiroshima several times and, in doing so, I began to see the great devastation in the twisted and mutilated bodies of humans, birds, fishes and all the other animals and living things that inherit our earth. The flora and the fauna and the land that were at one time alive, were now seared, mangled, deformed and devoid of life. And I thought, what have we accomplished over these many centuries? We have produced great geniuses in music, the sciences, the arts, dance, literature, architecture and oratory among many other disciplines. And we have in the meantime developed the means to destroy, in a most horrible manner, that life that is our God-given right." LEC Bibliography No.535.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.

HERSEY, John (Jacob LAWRENCE). HIROSHIMA. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983.

Price: US$3125.00 + shipping

Description: Large octavo (9-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in full coal-black aniline cowhide leather. With a poem by Robert Penn Warren that serves as the preface. Illustrated with 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS executed in eleven colors by the noted late African-American artist Jacob Lawrence. Copy #27 of 1500 SIGNED by Hersey, Warren, and Lawrence. A starkly beautiful book, richly bound and with three important signatures, justly one of the most desirable books issued by this long-lived, prestigious press. Monthly Letter laid in. Mild, even sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase

Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.