About Centennial: Some Notes on the Novel
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, 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, August, 1963. Book Club. Cloth. {5 & 3/4' x 8 1/2'} In edgeworn jacket. Front flap is clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering stamped front board and red & gold lettering & decorations along spine edge. Illustrated maps of Afghanistan front and rear end papers. Stated..... 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
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, January 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing; Solid binding; Clean, sturdy yellow cloth boards w/ immaculate gilt lettering/design at front and spine; Text free of markings; Unclipped dust jacket VG w/ the slightest bit of edge-wear present; Jacket housed in protective mylar; An exceptional copy. 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
The Modern Library, August 1978. Hardcover. 12mo. {4 & 3/4' x 7 & 1/2'} In dustjacket on tan paper with black lettering & brown Fujita style torchbearer colophon. Front flap is clipped. Brown paper covered boards with matching Torchbearer colophon blindstamped upper right corner of front panel. Gold lettering on..... More
Random House, June 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. First edition/first printing, with this number line: '98765432'. For RH titles of this period this indicates 'first printing' unlike most other imprints. Or RH titles before and after this time period. In dustjacket with some rubbing and mild edgewear. One-third binding: black..... More
Random House, October 1951. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in heavily chipped & torn DJ with large one-inch triangular chip at head of spine. Darkening of verso. Flap not clipped. Grey cloth covered boards with gold lettering in rectangular field of black and gold floral design above and below the title..... More
University of Texas Press, January 1989. Hardcover. In today's fast-changing world, Cuba will be next on center stage.--James A. Michener. Michener's impressions of Castro's Havana open a unique window on a country and a people so close yet so inaccessible. 160 color prints. More
Random House, January 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In edgewor dustjacket with slight darkening. Front flap is not clipped. Beige cloth covered boards with black title plates on spine with gold horizontal bars separating these three black rectangles of text in beige coloring of backgound. End pages feature map of..... More
Random House, September 1980. Book Club. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy yellow cloth boards w/ gilt at front and spine; Previous owner inscription present at front paste-down; Text free of markings; Dust jacket VG w/ mild edge wear present. More
Thomas Y. Crowell. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in torn, tattered and chipped jacket. Front flap is not clipped. Off white cloth covered spine with blue lettering on spine. Foxing/darkening of spine edge. Dark grey paper covered boards. Stated, First Edition with complete number string. Tight binding. [171 pages]. More
University of Arizona Press, December 1991. First Edition. Cloth. In 1962 the Green River was poisoned and its native fishes killed so that the new Flaming Gorge Reservoir could be stocked with non-native game fishes for sportsmen. This incident was representative of water management in the West, where dams and..... More
The Folio Society, January 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. Three volume set. {6 & 1/4'} Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine and gold emblem on front, In stiff cardstock pictorial paper covered slipcase. Third printing. [470 pages; 408 pages;. More
University of Arkansas Press, December 2018. Hardcover. Winner, 2019 Booker Worthen Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System. A dedicated advocate for social justice long before the term entered everyday usage, Rabbi Ira Sanders began striving against the Jim Crow system soon after he arrived in Little Rock from New..... More
Southern Illinois University Press, October 1987. First Thus. Paper Back. Quintilian's method is based on the interrelationship between speaking, reading, and writing. Murphy lists and defines the main elements that appear in the Institutio oratorio. Each of these elements--Precept, Imitation, Composition Exercises, Declamation, and Sequencing--is further subdivided according to goals..... More
Riverhead Books, May 2020. Hardcover. A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR "A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe--and how we've all been doing it wrong for a long, long..... More
Riverhead Books, May 2020. Hardcover. A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR "A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe--and how we've all been doing it wrong for a long, long..... More