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Alaska
by Michener, James A
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's presentation binding of full gold leather, spine titled in black, t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing at extremities.
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1988. First edition, signed by the author on an inserted leaf. Map endsheets. 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's presentation binding of full gold leather, spine titled in black, t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing at extremities. Fine. First edition, signed by the author on an inserted leaf. Map endsheets. 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's presentation binding, signed by the author. Groseclose A.049 (this binding not noted)
Synopsis
James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home . Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305885
- Title
- Alaska
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Map endsheets. 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's presentation binding of full gold leather, spine titled in black, t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing at extremities.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, signed by the author on an inserted leaf
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- German | Alaska | James A Michener
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
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