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A single pebble

Title
A single pebble / John Hersey.
Author
Hersey, John, 1914-1993.
Publication
New York : Knopf, 1956.

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  • Salter, George, 1897-1967
  • Plimpton Press, compositor, printer, binder. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/cmt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/bnd
  • S.D. Warren Company, papermaker. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ppm
Description
181 pages; 22 cm
Summary
While in China on business in the 1920s, a young American engineer becomes involved in the lives of people who live on a junk on the Yangtze River.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Pastoral fiction.
  • Fiction.
Note
  • "The book was composed, printed, and bound by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. The paper was manufactured by S. D. Warren Co., Boston. The typography, decorations, and binding design were prepared by George Salter."
  • "Borzoi book."
  • Rare Book copy: Seventh printing, November 1956.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Language (note)
  • English.
Contents
The Junk -- The rapids -- The dam -- The path.
ISBN
  • 0394445627
  • 9780394445625
  • 0394756975
  • 9780394756974
LCCN
56007209
OCLC
  • ocm00284950
  • 284950
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries