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Michener, James. The Fires Of Spring. Random House, New York New York, 1949.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book has bumping to the head & tail of the spine. & is a Stated "First Printing". Corners have slight rubbing. The superior page block is separated from the spine and has the typical age browning for a book of his age. There is no DJ.
Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. Random House (NY), 1949.
Price: US$32.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. Random House (NY), 1949.
Price: US$32.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. Random House (NY), 1949.
Price: US$32.96 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. Random House (NY), 1949.
Price: US$32.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ninth Printing. Dust jacket is intact and is protected by mylar. This is an ex-library book, with the associated withdrawn markings and checkout plate. Spine is skewed (see photos). Top of book block stained red and inside has red stains from bleeding on top of first pages.
Seller: Manitou Books, Manitou Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+ in G+ DJ. Book Club Edition, scare thus, especially in comparable condition with comparable DJ: no others listed on ABE, addall, etc. Stated Eighth (8th) printing, upper text edge dyed red. Very minor bumping at spine ends and minor wear on edges, else excellent copy overall. Gently read. Binding tight and straight, boards and spine bright and unworn, gilt on spine bright, clean and bright interior, corners sharp. Jacket has some minor chipping at spine ends, lightly rubbed, slightly age tanned, else in great shape.
Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. RANDOM HOUSE, NEW YORK, 1949.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: grey with green cloth stamp on spine with gilt titles; shelfworn, edgewear; browning pages; foxed along edge pages and some pages; cracked front and back hinges; ex-library with usual library markings; small tears on top/bottom edges and corners; discoloring of edge of cover boards DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: First printing 495
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8th printing Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Full cloth binding with small deboss on rear board. Tight and unmarked. 495pp. Jacket is lightly rubbed, offered now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House; (1949), NY, 1949.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's second book of fiction, very good in a very good, later issue dust jacket. The edges of the pages are a little darkened, and there is some light soiling to the gray cloth along the bottom edge of the spine. The price clipped jacket is very similar to the first issue jacket, except Hawaii and The Source are also listed along the foredge of the front panel, whereas the first issue jacket only lists Tales of the South Pacific. There is also a little wear at the spine ends, and slight fading to the colors on the jacket spine. The jacket is about 1/4" taller than the book. The book states "First Printing" and has no names or other markings in it.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Fires of Spring THIRD PRINT;. RANDOM HOUSE, NEW YORK, 1949.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tears to edges of covers. General wear. Gold gilt on front cover and spine. No markings. Clean pages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: THIRD PRINT; 495 PP
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
James Michener. The fires of spring. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful first edition book. First printing as indicated. Little darker and soiling to top edges. Else, great. A Fine minus book. 495 pp
Seller: GoldBookShelf, Burlington, ON, Canada
Michener, James A.. THE FIRES OF SPRING. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover; 8vo; 495 pp. First ed, first print. Grey cloth with faded gilt on green label on spine. Edges lightly rubbed, corners gently bumped. Bookplate to fep, inscription to ffep. Off-white but clean interior. No dj. VG-/--
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Michener, James. The Fires of Spring. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of the author's third book (and second book of fiction). Very Good copy in Good jacket (jacket chipped with tears and wear, jacket flaps have some old tape with offset to endpapers).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A,. The Fires of Spring. RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1949.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General wear: small bookplate, foxing DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 495
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires Of Spring. RANDOM HOUSE, NEW YORK, 1949.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Faded gilt title on front cover and spine. Front and back hinge crack.Top edges brown and foxing. Side and bottom edge browning. DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 495
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$94.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1949. 1st edition. 8vo. 495pp. Good book. Good dust jacket. (bildungsroman) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. The Fires Of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Printing, First Edition. This was Michener's second book. His first was Tales of the South Pacific which was the basis for the play and movie South Pacific. You can see the covers in the photos. They are exceptionally clean. The gilt lettering on the spine is very bright, no wear. There is almost no wear on the covers, a small thin crease off the front bottom edge and a small crinkle at the bottom edge of the spine. The cover edges are in very solid shape. So are the corners, no rubbing, pretty amazing for a book published in 1949. The page edges look very good. The middle page edge has one speck-sized spot, also one very tiny sliver of tan that just barely peeks over the edge of three pages. The book is very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in very nice condition. The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any instances of soiling. I don't see any of what I would call conspicuous creasing. There are no turned-down corners or placeholder creases. A good number of pages at the middle of the book have a tiny, vague semi-crease just above the tip of their bottom corners, the kind of crease that is created by perhaps a slight bump or bend, although I can not see either of these. There are no markings in the book. There are no attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything anywhere. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos so I don't need to detail the edge and corner losses. The front cover has some very light soiling, also several small tears off its bottom edge. There is one small tear at the edge of the spine and rear cover. Nothing is detached on the jacket and there are no repairs. The flaps are in pretty decent shape. They are mostly clean, one very small spot of the edge of between the front cover and front flap. There's also a very tiny closed tear a little ways below that spot. The loss at the front covers top corner extends just a tiny bit onto the corner of the front flap. The top edge of the rear flap has some wrinkling/crinkling. The jacket is NOT price-clipped ($3.50), not clipped at all. I've had it in a fitted protective cover for all the years I have owned the book. From the dust jacket: 'in The Fires of Spring James A. Michener, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 1947 for his Tales of the South Pacific, has re-created the ever-varying chronicle of the struggle against poverty and spiritual hunger. He has done so in a manner that will attract everyone who was ever had a restless, yearning heart. But The Fires of Spring is far more than the drama of a groping young man. It is a rich segment of American life, a complex of longing and wisdom, saltiness, simplicity and compassion. It is youth's discovery of the beauty of ideas and the pleasures of the mind under the inspiration of fine teachers. It is the unfolding of the meaning of all kinds of small, unexpected sights and sounds and words and relationships. By enchantment and by harsh reality David Harper arrived at manhood.'
Seller: Rareeclectic, pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, [1949]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50), grey topstain; [8],495pp. Jacket rather soiled and quite worn along extremities with extensive wrinkling and chips, most notably along front flap fold (held together with old tape repairs to verso), corners tapped and spine slightly cocked, else a Very Good copy in a Good, complete but worn example of the first state jacket. The author's second novel, preceded only by his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Tales of the South Pacific."
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Michener, James A,. The Fires of Spring. RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1949.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: General wear: Ex-library markings, stamps and DJ, foxing, cracked rear hinge DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 495
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Slight D. J. Wear With Edge Tears on Spine) 1St Edition, 3Rd Printing
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
James Michener. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: a near fine copy in the original grey cloth in a good plus dust jacket, not price clipped, This is James A. Michener's rare 2nd book, after his 1st, Tales of the South Pacific. It is his most personal book based on his life in Bucks county Pennsylvania. and harder to find that his 1st or later books in dust jacket. the jacket has wear, but it is good or better and is under mylar brodart. Stated 1st printing on verso of title. His first book published in 1947 won the Putlizer prize and became the basis for the musical hit, South Pacific. right after.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NF in VG+ DJ. Book Club Edition; scare thus, especially in comparable condition with comparable DJ. Minimal signs of wear to exterior, binding solid and straight, interior clean and unmarked. Jacket has signs of light wear, else intact and in great shape. Excellent example in collectable condition. Book Club Edition, stated eighth printing.
Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1949.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: STATED FIRST PRINTING Presentation Edition, not a printed pictorial dustjacket, clear acetate jacket, gilt lettering on spine, DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 495
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, hardcover, has very light bumps to spine ends and front corners, a tiny ding to top edge of front board, hint of sunning to top edge of boards, and some very light wear to edges of text block, otherwise a clean, solid VG+ copy in Good+ dustjacket which has chipping to spine ends and corners, light sunning and a small scraped area to spine, and light edgewear with a few closed tears, a small chip, and light creasing.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Michener, James. THE FIRES OF SPRING / PRESENTation edition. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$458.20 + shipping
Description: THE FIRES OF SPRING, Random House, 1949, first edition, a fine copy in plastic dust-wrapper as issued of this, one of the presentation edition copies. Laid in is a 100 word TYPED LETTER SIGNED on Random House stationery from at the time promotion director of Random House, Allan Ullman, hyping this title. Ullman was also a writer of thrillers, 'Sorry, Wrong Number'' based on Louise Fletcher's radio drama, being one of them. The authors second novel.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
James A Michener. The Fires of Spring. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$490.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Random House; (1949), Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing of the author's second book of fiction, Near Fine in a very good dust jacket. The book is tight and square, with just a hint of toning to the page edges. No names, bookplates, or other internal markings. The jacket has some wear and closed tears and minor chipping along the spine and lower back panel. $3.50 price on the front flap. A fine copy of this scarce book.
Seller: Walker Flynt Books, Cumming, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, ninth printing. 495 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed by the author on the title page in black ink. Groseclose A.004a Blue cloth titled in gilt, top edge red. A few small spots of foxing along edges, else near fine in very good price clipped dust jacket (slight cockling on front panel, bumping at head and foot of spine panel)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Novel. First printing stated. Flat signed by the author on the first endpaper. Covers very nice, corners sharp, light soil. Interior clean, binding tight, endpapers starting to tan, pages toned, shelf scuff mark on the bottom of the book block, top edge dusty. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped, in a mylar slip. Michener's second book, uncommon.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Fires of Spring. Random House, New York, 1949.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first printing of Michener's uncommon second book, published by Random House in 1949. Bound in gray cloth. This copy has been signed by Michener and dated Feb. 7, 1949. A very good copy of the book with some rubbing to the lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket with chipping - particularly to the spine ends. There is also a strip missing from the top of the rear jacket panel that penetrates from one quarter to one half inch. This strip extends to within one and a half inches from the outer edge.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Fires of Spring.. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in grey cloth, in a gorgeous Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 495pp. SIGNED by Michener on a custom card (typed, including the title, on an old-fashioned typewriter) laid in. Michener's second book, and first novel. Tales of The South Pacific, published two years earlier, was a collection of connected stories. Q18950
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A. Signed by Author 1980. The Fires of Spring. RANDOM HOUSE, NEW YORK, 1949.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Author. Michener's scarce second book. Dj creased/torn at edges, tanned, and rubbed. Gold gilt lettering on spine, tight binding, clean body and unmarked text. Light shelf wear, rubbed cover, and tanning fore edges. DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: FIRST ED 495
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. The Fires of Spring. NY: Random House, 1949.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bright, square, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket of the true First Edition (not the limited) of the acclaimed authors ultra-scarce second book. This copy all the more unique as it is signed by the author (James A. Michener) as well as dated by him (Feb. 7, 1949) in fountain pen on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. THE FIRES OF SPRING. NY: Random House, (1949), 1949.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bright, square, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket of the true First Edition (not the limited) of the acclaimed author's ultra-scarce second book. This copy all the more unique as it is signed by the author (James A. Michener) as well as dated by him (Feb. 7, 1949) in fountain pen on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Fires of Spring. Random House, 1949.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by the author on a laid in signature. An attractive dustjacket that is vibrant in color with some wear to the spine and edges. This original First State dustjacket has the price present on the front flap. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, with light wear to the panels. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.