Recessional
by Michener, James A
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bound in full tan leather, gilt decorated spine and covers, spine with partly raised bands, all edges git, color pictorial endpapers, light brown silk bookmarker (has some slight marks to gilt edges). Fine-bound issue of the novel, concerning life in a retirement center; notable for the illustrative material, plus Michener's 3 1/2-page 'special message' at front. One of an unspecified number of copies, 'privately printed ... exclusively for The Signed First Edition Society' (first preliminary leaf); signed by Michener in dark blue ink on first preliminary leaf. Haynes, Franca Nucci (illustrator); Olbinski, Rafal (illustrator); 4 Duotone & 1 Color frontispiece; 1 b/w map; 1 b/w tailpiece; Color Pictorial Endpapers (map). [18], 484, [3] pages. Publisher's letter to readers laid in loose.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 618232
- Title
- Recessional
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Michener, James A. American Literature 20th Century American Fiction Aging Retirement Binding Limited Signed QX91 SPX07, , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...