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Hawaii
by Michener, James A
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by James Michener on the title page. Bound in publisher's coarse cloth with spine stamped in multi-color. Very Good with foxing to cloth, textblock edges and endsheets, lightly dust soiled. Front hinge slightly tender; small bookseller's ticket to front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with uneven toning to spine, edges and rear flap, vertical crease to spine and rear extending the entirety. Michener's episodic historical novel published the same year Hawaii became a state.
Synopsis
Hawaii by James Michener follows the story of the original Hawaiians who sailed to the islands from Bora Bora, early American missionaries and merchants, and the Chinese and Japanese immigrants who traveled to work and seek their fortunes in Hawaii. The story begins with the formation of the islands themselves and ends in the mid-1950s. Each section explores the experiences of different groups of arrivals.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140946082
- Title
- Hawaii
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
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