HERSEY, John. HIROSHIMA. , 1946.

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Description: HERSEY, John. HIROSHIMA. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Stated First edition (Book Club), inscribed: "For Fred Gullo:/ "It seemed a sheet of sun."/ (p.8)/John Hersey/New Haven,/June, 1972." 118 pp. Small, slim 8vo., grey cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine, and blind-stamped to upper board, top-edge stained red. This copy is a fine copy in a dust jacket that is moderately edgeworn, interally tape reinforced at the top and bottom of the spine with edge tears, nicks, and a few very small chips. There is no price on the inner flap. A scarce book inscribed. With: two other firsts, with dust jacket flap price of $1.75 each, in green cloth. The paler green cloth edition has some discoloration to the cloth on the front and rear boards. Dust jackets with moderate wear. The lot together:.

Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Hersey, John. Hiroshima. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.

Price: US$995.00 + shipping

Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 118 pages. First printing. A handsome, collectible copy!

Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.

Hersey, John. Hiroshima.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.

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Description: First edition of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer and publisher Kirby Congdon on the front free endpaper, "For Kirby Congdon: 'The crux of the matter is whether total war.is justified even when it serves a just purpose.' pp. 117-118. John Hersey February 24, 1985." Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was judged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Hiroshima is a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey. It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, covering a period of time immediately prior to and one year after the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. "The quietest and the best of all the stories that have been written about the most spectacular explosion in the time of man" (New York Times Book Review). "John Hersey once described himself as a novelist of contemporary history In 1946 he visited Hiroshima, interviewed survivors of the first atomic bomb attack, and published the New Yorker article which changed him profoundly. In Hiroshima Hersey drew from the victims themselves the understanding of history that had eluded him as a war correspondent. The six Hiroshima residents told him how they had lived before the bomb struck, why they were not killed, and precisely how illness, exhaustion, and personal sorrow had qualified their survival" (Contemporary Novelists, 634).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Hersey, John. Hiroshima. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition in book form of John Hersey's classic story of six people who survived the atom bomb explosion over Hiroshima. Signed by author and inscribed to a former owner on the title page with a quote from the book reading, "'The crux of the matter is whether total war is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.' --pp.117-118." [iv], 118, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's original gray cloth with upper board stamped stamped in blind and spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends, tanning to pages and a small tape ghosts the front free endpaper. In a Fair unclipped dust jacket which is toned, spine-faded, soiled and a little tattered with tape repairs made to the blindside at the spine and a split to the front spine joint. Hiroshima was first published as an entire August 31, 1946 issue of the New Yorker and here for the first time in book form. It is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's best known work, which tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is regarded as one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, in which the story-telling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reporting.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Hersey, John. Hiroshima.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.

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Description: The original August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker of Hersey's classic work and is the work's first appearance. The entire issue of the magazine is dedicated to Hersey's piece, and this example is a presentation copy, inscribed on the final page to poet and publisher Kirby Congdon, "For Kirby Congdon - John Hersey, February 24, 1985." Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was judged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed. Hiroshima is a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey. It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, covering a period of time immediately prior to and one year after the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. "The quietest and the best of all the stories that have been written about the most spectacular explosion in the time of man" (New York Times Book Review). "John Hersey once described himself as a novelist of contemporary history In 1946 he visited Hiroshima, interviewed survivors of the first atomic bomb attack, and published the New Yorker article which changed him profoundly. In Hiroshima Hersey drew from the victims themselves the understanding of history that had eluded him as a war correspondent. The six Hiroshima residents told him how they had lived before the bomb struck, why they were not killed, and precisely how illness, exhaustion, and personal sorrow had qualified their survival" (Contemporary Novelists, 634).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

HERSEY, John.. Hiroshima.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946, 1946.

Price: US$8504.89 + shipping

Description: An excellent association copy of the Book Club edition, inscribed by all six of the survivors profiled in the book. Hersey's famous account of the experiences of six Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors "was the first significant account in English of the devastation of Hiroshima; it remains an enormously influential book, the account that introduces Hiroshima to most Western readers" (Minear, p. 7). The half-title is inscribed: "With best wishes, Wilhelm Kleinsorge, S.J.", who at the time the bomb was detonated was reading a Jesuit magazine; "Best regards to Major Mayer, Dr. M[asakazu] Fujii", who was about to read the Osaka Asahi; "Christian greeting to Major Mayer, Kiyoshi Tanimoto", who was about to unload a cart; "Please pray for many who are unfortunate and for Japan, Tosiko Sasaki", a clerk who had just sat down in her office, who also signs her name in Japanese with the date 6 August 1948 (the third anniversary of the bombing); and "Dr. Terufumi Sasaki Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital June 21, 1948", who was carrying blood for a Wassermann test. Hatsuyo Nakamura, who was standing by her kitchen window, signs her name in Japanese, also with the date 6 August 1948. The front free endpaper is additionally inscribed "Kiyoshi Tanimoto. Methodist Church". All of the above are pictured on the rear panel of the jacket. John Hersey (1914-1993) was one of the first proponents of New Journalism, which blends factual reporting with a novelistic prose style. He served as a war correspondent for Time and Life during the Second World War and became interested in the atomic bombings while covering the reconstruction of Japan. The initial publication of Hiroshima in the New Yorker is the only time that the magazine has devoted an entire issue to a single story. It remains one of the 20th-century's most significant pieces of journalism. The Book Club edition is distinguished from the first edition by the small dot to the bottom right corner of the rear cover and the absence of the "First Edition" statement on the copyright page. In both editions, copies were issued simultaneously in blue and green cloth, with no priority stated. Richard M. Minear, ed. & trans., Hiroshima: Three Witnesses, 1990. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in dark red, Borzoi Books device to rear cover in same. With dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket of Fountaine Books, Ohio, to rear pastedown. Extremities a little rubbed, contents clean, some instances of clear and paper tape on covers and jacket, with subsequent slight loss to lettering and offset, its removal at jacket extremities affecting price and text on front flap and bottom edge of front panel, unclipped: a very good copy in good only jacket.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom