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The World is My Home: A Memoir
by MICHENER, JAMES A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679401342
- ISBN 13
- 9780679401346
- Seller
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About This Item
USA: Random House, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket Very Good/Good. Sixteen page illustration section. Interesting maps on the endpapers of The Writer's World, places Michener has lived or visited, Blue half cloth over spine with gilt titles, ivory boards, very clean and unmarked with a whisper of wear to upper and lower edges. Tight, solid and square binding. Internals in Fine Condition. In this vivid memoir, James Michener describes the people, events, and ideas that have shaped his life. He writes of his passion for travel; his lifelong love for literature, music and painting; his liberal credo and his adventures in politics; of the hard work, headaches, and rewards of the writing life. Here you will meet James Michener, a man whose home is the world. Sixteen page illustration section. Interesting maps on the endpapers of The Writer's World, places Michener has lived or visited, 519 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1992, Random House, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026829
- Title
- The World is My Home: A Memoir
- Author
- MICHENER, JAMES A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679401342
- ISBN 13
- 9780679401346
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- MICHENER, JAMES, 1907-1997 AUTOBIOGRAPHY AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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