A Bell For Adano
John Hersey
Hardcover
(Knopf, March 15, 1944)
A Bell For Adano, John Hersey, Knopf, 1944, 8th printing of author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, 269 pages. Description: Book; brown boards with gold lettering and gold bell on the spine, title blind embossed on the front board, publisher's colophon blind embossed on rear board, plain endpapers, top edge green. No Borzoi dog on spine. Dust jacket; Red front panel, red spine with pink back panel and flaps, front panel lettering is pink and also shows an art deco image by George Salter. Front flap not price clipped, rear flap carries the Buy Bonds promotion on the bottom follow by the print line number 8000-c-6-1944 which corresponds with 8th printing (June). Book synopsis occupies both panels, Borzoi dog on spine, author's bio on back panel along with a photo of him behind the wheel of a Jeep. Author's name is in blue ink, all other lettering is red.