Franklin Library, January 1980. First Edition. Leather. Gilt-decorative brown leather binding. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Light shelfwear, especially at corners and edges, but a typically well-preserved Franklin Library volume. More
State House Press, July 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. A seventy-year collection of poetry from the pen of one of America's greatest storytellers. His final book, published in celebration of his 90th birthday, contains approximately one hundred of Michener's charming sonnets. Seventy-years worth of poetry, published 'in celebration of James A...... More
State House Press, September 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. This historical narrative recalls one of the most exciting periods of Texas history in its contrast of two charismatic men, Santa Anna and Houston. Octavo. First/first in bright, clean dustjacket. Flap not clipped. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering. [214 pp.]..... More
Random House (NY), October 1992. Hardcover. "Astounding...Fast-moving, Intriguing...James Michener is back in huge, familiar form with MEXICO." LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS Here is the story of an American journalist who travels to Mexico to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, but who is ultimately swept up in..... More
Girard Bank, January 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Green paper covered boards with reproduction of a James B. Wyeth painting on small plate affixed to front panel. Black lettering on spine and front. In cardstock green paper wrapped slipcase. Sound binding. Clean, unmarked interiors. Very Good plus overall. [85 pp.]. More
The Modern Library, January 1957. First Edition. Cloth. First Modern Library Edition. In edgeworn dustjacket. Flap not clipped. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering in black rectangular field. Kent end pages in grey ink. Grey tinted top edge. Sound binding. Clean, unmarked interior pages. [435 pp plus eight pages..... More
Franklin Library, January 1975. Limited. Leather. Octavo. Blue leather with gold lettering & gold floral decor. Ribbed spine. Teal colored moire end pages. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon markers. Tight binding. [413 pp.] 1948 winner of Pulitzer prize for literature 1948. More
Random House (NY), September 1985. Hardcover. "A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money and power...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorable craftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vivid and palatable to the reader." THE BOSTON GLOBE Texas..... More
Random House (NY), October 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Deteriorating race relations, a growing disparity between rich and poor, the decline of education and a growing anti-intellectualism, inadequate health care - these are among the fracture points that Mr. Michener believes threaten America's vitality and its future. As a scholar of..... More
Random House (NY), November 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. From America's best-loved storyteller comes his greatest story yet: the story of his life. Michener tells of surviving three plane crashes, taking part in a mutiny, barely escaping death in Saigon, and much more. The book will be released in time for..... More
Random House, January 1974. Limited. Cloth. Octavo. Limited edition of 3200. First edition. Off white cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Silver emblem on front. [57 pp.]. More
Random House, June 1978. First Edition. Cloth. "Michener's most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER "Brilliantly written." ASSOCIATED PRESS Once again James A. Michener brings history to life with this 400-year saga of America's great bay and its Eastern Shore. Following Edmund Steed and his..... More
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Random House, January 1978. Cloth. Octavo. Navy blue cloth covered boards with fading silver lettering along the spine and silver illustration of tall grasses likewise faded at blade tips. Some tiny scattered white spots scattered lightly across boards. Random House colophon stamped in red bottom textblock edge. Nice maps in..... More
Random House, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the author's hard-to-find second work of fiction. Spine has a slight lean and endpapers are a bit toned. Original jacket is protected in Brodart but is well-worn with abundant chips and tears, most significant being the missing inch from the bottom..... More
Random House, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first U.S. edition in edgeworn dustjacket with tears. Flap is not clipped. Worn at bottom edge. Half cloth. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering and silver lettering and stamped, illustration front. Fore-edge half is marble blue and white and gold paper.Dark grey tinted..... More
Charles E. Tuttle Company, January 1958. First Edition. Cloth. First U.S. edition in dustjaket with mild toning and wear. Flap clipped. Boards covered in ochre and charcoal silk with gold English lettering on spine and Japanese lettering in charcoal on front board. Ochre end pages with non-authorial inscription front pastedown..... More
Random House Value Publishing, December 1988. Hardcover. {8 & 3/4' x 10 & 3/4'} In clean dustjacket. Front flap is not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering and black faux-leather boards with blind stamped lettering. Tight binding. [342 pp.]. More
Random House, April 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in edgeworn dustjacket. Flap is not clipped. Blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering upon spine & black lettering on front board. Tight binding, despite slight give. Top textblock edge tinted black. Textblock fore-edge is soiled. [559 pp.]. More
State House Press, November 1993. First Thus. Cloth. Octavo. In bright, clean dustjacket. Not clipped. Light grey cloth with black lettering along spine. Tightly bound. interiors without markings. This appears to be the first trade edition of 'about 5,000 copies', so sayeth Ahearn's Author Price Guides -- Vol. III (Quill..... More
State House Pr, November 1992. Limited. Hardcover. Number 238 of an edition limited to 350 copies. Buckram binding in leather back, housed in matching buckram-covered slipcase. Unread, near fine copy. More
Random House, March 1969. First Edition. Cloth. In mildly edgeworn dustjacket with some toning. Front flap not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with silver and gold lettering along spine & silver author's initials stamped front panel. Sound binding. Previous owner's initial inked FFEP. Else interior text unmarked. [240 pp.]. More
Random House, January 1965. First Edition. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Octavo. In mildly edgeworn DJ with slight darkening to edges. Front flap is not clipped. Turquoise cloth covered boards with navy blue wavy horizontal bars on spine and front panel. Gold tooled illustration and gold lettering on spine. Map of..... More
