Hawai 1963, Fodor's Modern Guides
David McKay Company, Inc., New York, First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. [4 & 1/2' x 7'} In edgeworn dustjacket. Not clipped. Blue cloth with gold lettering. Map of the Hawaiian Islands endpages front & rear. [314 pp.]. More
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James A. Michener: The Beginning Teacher and His Textbooks
Book Stops Here, September 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto {8 & 1/2 x 11'}. First printing, 'first edition limited to 800 copies for sale.' Quarto in DJ with slight curl to edges. Some small scuff marks and mild edgewear. Quarter bound: crimson cloth covered spine with gold lettering and cream..... More
The Covenant
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
Century of Sonnets
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
Eagle and the Raven
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
Mexico
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
The Quality of Life
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
Selected Writings of JAMES A MICHENER -- 296
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
Tales of the South Pacific -- The Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series
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
Texas
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
This Noble Land:: My Vision for America
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
World Is My Home
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
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
Caribbean
Random House, October 1989. Hardcover. "A grand epic." THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Master storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean, with a magnificent novel that captures the eternal allure of that glittering string of islands and their tumultuous history. Beginning in 1310 and continuing through Columbus's arrival..... More
Chesapeake
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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CHESAPEAKE [PRESENTATION EDITION; SLIPCASE]
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
The Fires of Spring
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
THE FLOATING WORLD The Story of Japanese Prints
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
The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga
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
Iberia
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
James A. Michener's USA
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
Kent State: What Happened and Why
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
Literary Reflections: Michener on Michener, Hemingway, Capote, & Others
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
