The Wall [SIGNED]

Hersey, John; Luba Krugman Gurdus (Illustrator). The Wall [SIGNED]. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Limited edition. Quarto. 579pp. Original full leather with gold-tooled decoration on spine and boards and gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Green silk moire endpapers matching bound-in ribbon. Fly leaf signed by John Hersey and protected with a tissue-guard. Decorative title-page. Fascinating work presented as a rediscovered journal recording the genesis and destruction of the Warsaw ghetto, the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by the Nazis during the Holocaust. This book won the National Jewish Book Award and received the Sidney Hillman Foundation Journalism Award. This limited edition is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w illustrations by Luba Krugman Gurdus. Tiny abrasion at head of spine. Binding in overall near fine, interior in fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (24317) $95