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HIROSHIMA NO PIKA. Hardcover first edition - 1980

by Maruki, Toshi (1912-2000)

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  • Hardcover
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New York:: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very near fine dust jacket (light toning to cream background, original price of 12.95 on dj flap). First US printing. The story of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima and its aftermath told from the viewpoint of a seven-year old girl who fled their burning home with her mother and injured father. Since the end of World War II, the author and her husband have campaigned for nuclear disarmament and world peace. In her comments at the end of the book, Maruki commented how difficult it was to create this book - "to tell young people about something very bad that happened in the hope that their knowing will help keep it from happening again." Awarded the annual Ehon Nippon Prize as the best illustrated book of Japan, the Jane Adams Peace award, a Horn Book Honor award and more. Large square format,unpaginated, illustrated in full color throughout.
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  • Title HIROSHIMA NO PIKA.
  • Author Maruki, Toshi (1912-2000)
  • Binding Hardcover first edition -
  • Edition 1St Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very near fine dust jacket (light toning to cream background, original price of 12.95 on
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,, New York:
  • Date (1980)
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 89089
  • ISBN 9780688012977 / 0688012973
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.62 x 9.38 x 0.38 in (21.89 x 23.83 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 13 to UP years
  • Grade levels 8 - UP
  • Reading level 810
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Japan, Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 82015365
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.54

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