Folio. 8 silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence. Original black aniline leather (light scratches); publisher's slipcase (rubbing). Original newsletter laid in. Provenance: Donald E. Petersen (1926-2024), American businessman and former CEO of the Ford Motor Company (ownership blind stamp).

LIMITED EDITION, number 505 of 1,500 copies, SIGNED BY HERSEY, LAWRENCE, AND ROBERT PENN WARREN. As one of the first Western journalists to visit the ruins of Hiroshima after the bombing, John Hersey was afforded a unique glimpse of its immediate effects upon the city and its people. The article and subsequent book he wrote described in great detail the horrors of the atomic bomb and is credited with helping to inspire the American public towards a more compassionate opinion of Japan and its people following the end of the Second World War.