HERSEY, John (1941-1993). Hiroshima. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
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HERSEY, John (1941-1993). Hiroshima. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
8vo. Original cloth (some staining and soiling); publisher’s dust jacket (price-clipped, slight wear, some toning and staining).
FIRST EDITION. Selling over 3 million copies and never out of print, Hiroshima is one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, where fiction storytelling techniques are applied to non-fiction reporting of events.
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