The Wall
by Hersey, John
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
Comments: SIGNED in blue ink by JOHN HERSEY on third free endpaper (bound in, not tipped in); tissue guard laid in. 1982 Franklin Library Limited Edition leather bound collector's edition. Rich deep green hand-cut full leather boards with ornate gilt design. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Lovely green silk moire endpapers, matching bound-in ribbon. Textblock clean, tight, square, black and white illustrations by Luba Krugman Gurdus. No d-j issued.
Synopsis: Riveting & compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution & as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation, humiliation & cruelty–a gripping, visceral story, impossible to put down.
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- Encanto Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9286
- Title
- The Wall
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound Gilt Design
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1982
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- John Hersey, Nazi, Persecution, The Wall, Warsaw Ghetto
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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