James A. Michener — The Bridge at Andau

London, Secker & Warburg, 1957 . Cloth. A smart example of the first UK edition of James Michener's detailed contemporary account of the Hungarian Revolution. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.American author James Michener chronicles the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in this work, charting the events soon after they happened, the work was published during the ongoing general strike that started soon after the Soviet reoccupation.The author himself lived in Austria in the 1950s, during a period in which a wave of Hungarian refugees fled to Austria. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Losses of paper and chips to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with rubbing to fore edge of front wrap, and with rear wrap age toned to perimeters, with spotting to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.