A Bell for Adano. By John Hersey. 1945

Hardcover, marked boards, ex owners name inside, very good inside, clean and bright, minor marks and tanning. Dust jacket closed tears, and tiny pieces missing from edges.

Publisher: Gollancz 1945, London, 1945

An early novel by the great John Hersey; an American soldier comes to an Italian village called Adano and restores hope and freedom in war-torn Italy; the basis for a terrific movie