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The Bridges at Toko-ri
by Michener, James A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1953 First Edition Second Printing (stated) in original $2.50-priced dust jacket, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, gilt and silver-stamped navy cloth boards are bright, binding tight pages bright, quiet soil & rubbing to jacket rear panel, micro-chipping to spine ends, else Fine early printing of the First Edition (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 147pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.
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
- Nighttown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32384
- Title
- The Bridges at Toko-ri
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Michener, James A. The Bridges at Toko-r
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nighttown Books
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South Pasadena, California
About Nighttown Books
Nighttown Books specializes in academic and scholarly books in most subject areas but most particularly in literature and the arts and sciences.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- 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...
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