Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House., 1954.
Price: US$1.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Literatura inglesa. Novelas representativas de costumbres y caracteres. Siglo XX. (820-311.2"19") Random House. Nueva York. 1954. 20 cm. 243 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal. Idioma inglés . (=3112131=) PO128
Seller: Alcaná Libros, Madrid, Spain
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$4.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Piece(s) of the spine missing. Former library book. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$6.09 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House (NY), 1954.
Price: US$6.29 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Michener James, A:. Sayonara. RANDOM HOUSE, 1954.
Price: US$6.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Medienartikel von Book Broker Berlin sind stets in gebrauchsfähigem ordentlichen Zustand. Dieser Artikel weist folgende Merkmale auf: Altersentsprechend nachgedunkelte/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Schutzumschlag weist Gebrauchsspuren auf. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 431
Seller: Book Broker, Berlin, Germany
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House Publishing, Co., New York, 1954.
Price: US$6.84 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This was a former library book with the card pocket, stamps, and markings from that library. The cover has normal wear from handling and age. There is some discoloration along the inside binding. There are a few stains and some ink markings on the first few pages of the book. The remainder of the pages are unmarked and in good condition.
Seller: Anna's Books, Branson, MO, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Pages toning with age. Discolorations on fore edge of several pages throughout. Missing dust jacket. 243 pp.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$7.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Name of previous owner written on front end page. No dust jacket. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Seller: Bank of Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara (1st Edition, 1954). Random House (NY), 1954.
Price: US$8.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean but has mildly yellowed. Hardcovers are very good. Previous owner's name is stamped on last end paper and has been torn out of first front end paper along top edge. Dust jacket has light edge wear and has faded on spine. Top corner of front inside edge (price) has been clipped. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.
Seller: Polly's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. NY: Random House; (1954), 1954.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing, very good or a little better with no dust jacket. Just a little wear to the black cloth at spine and edges of boards. No names or other marking in the book. A solid, square copy.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara: A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: B 98 on copyright page. Cloth tear front spine. Boards flare a bit.
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
James A Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$11.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Printing, some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, board sstarting to show, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, small rip at top of spine join with back cover 1.5cm, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
James A. Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jacket faded at spine, minor wear at edges. Pages/boards/jacket clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$13.49 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$13.49 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara (1st Edition, 1954). Random House (NY), 1954.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition with wear and markings.
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara (1st Edition, 1954). Random House (NY), 1954.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition with wear and markings.
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara (1st Edition, 1954). Random House (NY), 1954.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition with wear and markings.
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 243 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Gray boards with qtr black cloth, stamped in gray on front; in gray and green on spine. No dj. Some scribbling on endpapers.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
James Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing stated. P.o. inscription on the ffep, dustjacket laminate mostly removed.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara (1st Edition, 1954). Random House (NY), 1954.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, 1954; 1st edition; brown paper covered boards; black cloth fore-edge and spine; spine edges bumped; brown jacket with mild wear housed in a Bro-Dart like cover; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 243 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara A Japanese-American Love Story. RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1954.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General wear: bookplate, foxing, bumped corners, soiled boards DATE PUBLISHED: 1954 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 243
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara A Japanese-American Love Story. RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1954.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: General wear: price sticker residue, foxing--otherwise very good DATE PUBLISHED: 1954 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 243
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. NY: Random House, 1954.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine hardcover w/out dj (name in pen to front free endpaper; small bookstore label to lower rear pastedown). First Edition, First Printing. "First Printing" stated to copyright page. Author's sixth book. 243pp.
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is clean & tight. Prior owner embossment on title page, name stamped on fep and bottom sheet edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. NY Random House 1954., 1954.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Good in chipped DJ. Bound upside down. Book Club edition.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. SAYONARA. Random House, NEW YORK, 1954.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Japanese-American love story, and the basis for the Marlon Brando film of the same name. With owner's bookplate, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in a facsimile dust jacket.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA. New York, NY Random House 1954, 1954.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 243pp. Good. Slightly faded and soiled cover. (loc 1040)
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A. (James Albert). Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: 243 p.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A. SAYONARA. RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORK 1954, NEW YORK, 1954.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Bright tight condition Very Good jacket in mylar 1/4 inch tear in back of jacket.
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. First edition. First printing Prev owner's name barely visible on ffep. Clean and unmarked. Pages starting to mellow. Hinges are creaky and appear to have been glued up once. Boards have faded a litlle at top on front.22 cm., quarter black cloth over brown boards and black cloth bound edges, This book is pretty because of its binding and design. The first several pages are very inviting. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Seller: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Inked in name, paperclip indentation to front end papers, slight lean, else fine in good only, rubbed and worn dust jacket, with some foxing to top edge and heavy laminate separation, in mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; Third Printing, stated, Spine slightly rolled. Quarter bound in publisher's decorative black cloth over gray boards, gilt (green and silver) lettering and decoration on spine, gilt (silver) decoration on cover, top edge brown, textured endpapers with gold flecks. First State jacket with the "1/54" code at the bottom of the front flap. $3.50 price intact on front flap / $2.50 on back flap. Delamination of the dust jacket front, not clipped. 243 (1) pages. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A novel of a love story between and American officer and a Japanese woman. Filmed in 1957 featuring Marlon Brando, James Garner and Patricia Owens. Miyoshi Umeki, and Red Buttons. With the theme song by Irving Berlin, the film won Academy Awards for Art Decoration, for Buttons, and for Umeki.
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
James A Michener:. Sayonara.. New York : Random House, 1954.
Price: US$27.35 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 243 Seiten mit orig.-Schutzumschlag Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 453
Seller: Schürmann und Kiewning GbR, Naumburg, Germany
James A. Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Price-Clipped. Owner signature. Very Good book in a Fair dust jacket. The jacket has chipping and general wear.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Modest wear else a solid copy of the First Edition in a Very Good jacket. ; 1 x 8.4 x 5.8 Inches; A brilliant tale of love and war, SAYONARA tells the story of Major Lloyd Gruver, son of an army general stationed in Japan, dating a general's daughter, and happy with his life. He didn't understand the soldiers who fell in love with Japanese girls. Then he met Hana-ogi. After that nothing mattered anymore. Nothing but her.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA: A JAPANESE-AMERICAN LOVE STORY. Random House, Inc, New York, 1954.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 243 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine patterned yellowish green with ivory and yellow lettering. Boards have mild shelf wear with mildly cocked spine. Text block has moderate plus age toning to the edges, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and very slight foxing to half title page and rear end paper. First Edition, First Printing. 1370871. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A little wear to extremities of grey and black covers, former owner name penned to front pastedown. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Lacking the dust jacket. . The basis for the film The World of Suzie Wong, starring Marlon Brando. This is the book club edition, published the same year as the first printing. A solid copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. K3
Seller: Sweet Beagle Books, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES New York: Random House. 1954. First printing. Hardcover, missing dust jacket. Clean pages. Very slight spine slant.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Acceptable copy with clean pages in torn dust jacket. Reprint. Dust jacket stained actual cover. Stains to inside front cover. 8vo. Published in New York, 1954. 243 pages.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the first edition. A very good copy (binding is slightly cocked) in very good plus dust jacket (price clipped but retains date code of 1/54 to bottom corner of inside flap) LR
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 243 pages. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1954). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper -- spine faded and, as usual, with the laminate partially separated.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara [A Japanese-American Love Story]. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$36.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Jacket wrinkled with edge wear, jacket spine faded. Address label on front free endpaper. 1954 Hard Cover. 243 pp. "From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. Stationed in the exotic Far East, Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of a general, dating the daughter of another powerful military family, he can look forward to a bright future. And he just can't understand guys like Private Joe Kelly, who throw away their lives in the States by marrying local girls. But then Lloyd meets Hana-ogi. After that, nothing matters anymore . . . nothing but her.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A,. Sayonara A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$37.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Delamination of the dust jacket front. Sunning to dust jacket flap. Book has slight spine lean. ; First printing stated. First State jacket with the "1/54" code at the bottom of the front flap. $3.50 price intact on front flap / $2.50 on back flap. Brown top edge. ; 243 pages
Seller: Time Traveler Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA. Random House [1954], New York, 1954.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth backed boards with cloth edges. A novel of a love story between and American officer and a Japanese woman. Filmed in 1957 featuring Marlon Brando, James Garner and Patricia Owens. A nearly fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some lamination loss and some color fade to the dust jacket. (24689)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, Inc., New York, 1954.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 245 pp, stated "first printing", inked date at top of ffep, iBinding tight and square with light unevenness across fore-edge text block, pages clean and unmarked, black cloth backed and cinnamon papered boards Near Fine. DJ, unclipped $3.50, worn at the extremities, slight sunbleach to spine color, and top/bottom rear hinge corners soiled, and less so to forecorners. DJ in protector. Size: Small Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James. SAYONARA. Random House, NEW YORK, 1954.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Basis for the Marlon Brando film. Book has tape ghosts on boards and blank bookplate on rear endpaper, also with remainder mark on top edge. Covered in a barely worn jacket. Looks quite attractive.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. An early novel from the prolific author of "Hawaii," "The Bridges at Toki-Ri," and "Centennial" among other terrific books. A tight near fine copy in a very good with the usual issues to the lamination. Otherwise, a very nice copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$50.40 + shipping
Description: Very nice copy with First Printing stated on copyright page. Unmarked but for tiny neat signature and 1954 on front endpaper. Tight and square. Quarter bound in black over brown boards. Clean and fresh with sharp tips. Price intact jacket has crease on front flap, tiny chip and very short closed tear with faint sunning to dark brown area of spine. Basis for film that starred Marlon Brando. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: HBNO DJ, 1954, stated 1st edition, X-LIBRARY,Tape Residue on Cover, 243 pgs,Nice & Tight, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: D-j chipped and pc'd. Mark on top edge. Previous owner's name written on front pastedown. Tanning on FFEP. Bottom of front board has a few very small marks.
Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. Sayonara: a Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$55.90 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Silver and red lettered quarter black cloth over brown paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. Made into a movie starring Marlon Brando. Nice copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two tiny nicks to jacket spine crown; laminate starting on top of rear flap; else a near fine, unclipped and unfaded jacket in a Brodart cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA: A JAPANESE-AMERICAN LOVE STORY. Random House, NY, 1954.
Price: US$59.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's decorative black cloth over gray boards, gilt (green and silver) lettering and decoration on spine, gilt (silver) decoration on cover. 243, (1) pp. Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, top edge mildly spotted, else fine. The price-clipped dust jacket (now in Mylar) is significantly chipped and has a closed tear along the edge of the front panel. VERY GOOD/GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
James A Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, stated. A fine copy in a near fine mylar protected DJ with some rubbing to the cover and a light sun fading to the spine but not price clipped. Wonderful textured paper endpapers with gold flecks. See my photos (more available upon request). This book is in my possession and will ship securely packed in a cardboard box.
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$66.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing stated. Quarter bound in black cloth with brown boards and silver and red lettering. Short gift inscription on front pastedown mostly hidden under jacket flap. Minimal crease to spine which extends almost its entire length. Faint scratch to top stained page edges. Price clipped jacket has light wear at spine ends with light soiling to rear panel and a small closed tear. Light creasing to front flap. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Sayonara, A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. About Very good in near Very good dustwrapper. Wearing on ends of spines and corners, dustwrapper is trimmed shorter than book, spine is faded, water damaged.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Clean hardcover stated First Printing in clean original dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with black cloth fore-edge boards and spine, red and silver lettering. No fading, no fraying; tiniest bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 243 pages + "About the Author." Dust jacket is clean, price clipped; unchipped, with a couple of closed edge tears; totally delaminated (all just easily peeled off, leaving clean bright surface), attractive jacket now in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing (Stated), Random House, 1954. This book is in Fine condition in a Very Good Plus unclipped dust jacket with very minor chipping at bottom of spine and corners and wrinkles on front flap. Photos available on request.
Seller: D. J. Witter Bookseller, Lima, OH, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA: A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 243 pages. Review copy with review slip laid in. A very nice copy. Corners just barely bumped; pages very lightly toned. Dust jacket is price clipped; sunned on spine; light edgewear. 2 lengthwise creases on front flap, 1 on rear. Still looks nice in new mylar! Plastic coating over paper DJ is peeling off considerably at flaps, and a bit at edges. Effect is a rippled look on flaps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Bertram Books And Fine Art, West Point, VA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, 1954., 1954.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 1st ed. Very good ir better in like jacket with a quarter-inch chip to spine head . 0.0
Seller: G. Curwen Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. New York 1954, Random House stated First Edition., 1954.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Very good book with very good jacket, book has previous owner's book plate on fr ee endpaper under dust jacket flap. Flap creased, jacket is in very good conditi on which is quite rare for this book, No chips or tears, laminate starting to se perate. A ring is from a glass or bottle is visible on the front. Made into a fi lm starring Marlon Brando.
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James.. Sayonara.. NY. Random House. 1954., 1954.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. VG+/VG- in crisp and clean black cloth spine and brown paper covered boards stamped in silver and red. In lightly used dustjacket by Lawrence Hoffman with some soiling. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Source for the movie. Dust jacket with wrapper, paper over boards with cloth spine and edges, wood textured paper at pastedowns and free end pages. Very good dust jacket, delaminated, near fine overall, pages slightly timetoned.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Clean text, few breaks in the spine. Some edge wear on the d.j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. SAYONARA : A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: Good in a Good price clipped dust jacket. Spine cocked, lamination problems, large tear to half title page.First Printing stated.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James.. SAYONARA.. New York: Random House, (1954.) dj, 1954.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. "A Japanese-American love story" the story of two American flyers who are sent to Japan - An exceptionally attractive copy of this classic early novel by Michener (who had earlier won the Pulitzer for his first book 'Tales of the South Pacific') . 243 pp. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (light toning to the pages and to the interior of the dj, tape reinforcement to inside of dj at top of spine) - overall, a sharp, clean and lovely copy of this book.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Printing in the First State jacket with the "1/54" code at the bottom of the front flap. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and clean black cloth and brown boards. Faded top stain. The top corners are slightly bumped and creases to the spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Light toning to pages. The dust jacket is unclipped ($3.50) with fading to spine, chip to spine head, corner wear, and light soiling to the back panel (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 243 pages. 5½ x 8¼" tall. Classic early novel by Michener of a romance between an American officer and a Japanese actress. The basis for 1957 movie starring Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki, and Red Buttons.
Seller: Armadillo Alley Books, Carrollton, TX, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$86.43 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A nice copy of the first edition, first printing of Michener's sixth book. Text is tight and clean. Lettering bright and unflaked. In a Fine - bright dust jacket (in mylar) w/light wear to the rear panel edges, light rubbing to rear panel. No previous owners' names. No remainder mark or spray. Not Price Clipped. Not ex-lib. Not a Book Club Edition. This is a nice copy at a very good price. Compare and see. Photos sent upon request. Accurate Descriptions/Quality Books/Unmatched Prices
Seller: Novel Ending Books, Franklin, TN, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A signed copy of the first edition, later printing without the first printing statement. VG HC with some wear to the top of the spine, slight lean. VG+ clipped dust jacket now with a brodart jacket for protection. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
JAMES A. MICHENER. Sayonara. Random House January 1954, 1954.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing in very good condition. Jacket is complete but somewhat discolored.
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A well preserved book with minor toning. DJ is whole and in tact but has a closed tear at top corner where rubbed.The original glassine wrapper has been replace with a mylar protective cover. Text is clean and unmarked. "The book is for me, is this Author's best work"--Pearl Buck.
Seller: BIAbooks, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Black cloth and brown paper covered boards stamped in orange and silver. Textured endpapers. 243 + 2 pages. Basis for 1957 movie starring Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki and Red Buttons. Binding sharp, tight and clean. Light blue top page edges. Some spots on bottom page edges. Glassine covered dust jacket lifting on front panel and missing a little glassine in a few spots. Jacket sunned toned to a grey on spine. near Fine/ Very Good.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Owner's small ink name on front flyleaf, else a fine copy in about very good dust jacket with the publisher's laminate shrunken causing bubbling as usual).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, NY, 1954.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in publisher's half black cloth over brown paper-covered boards, silver lettering on cover and spine, tan endpapers. Head of spine has very slight shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is very slightly sunned on the spine, else fine. FINE/ NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 243 pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$100.32 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.9
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SAYONARA. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$100.32 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.9
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$106.22 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In a Mylar cover. Out of print and scarce in this condition. First printing edition. Binding is cloth boards.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara.. Random House (1954), New York, 1954.
Price: US$109.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 243 p. Ex-Library. 21 cm. Stamped on title page and front edge.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Michener, James A.. Sayonara: a Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$110.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Slight separation of dust jacket laminate.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Michener, James. SAYONARA. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$110.20 + shipping
Description: SAYONARA, Random House, 1954, first edition, small impression on the front cover, else fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
James A, Michener. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition stated, 243 pages, Book is Fine, very clean copy with No previous owner bookplate or writing, brown paper boards with black cloth spine, silver titles to front board and spine, Book is tight and square in never read condition, fancy flecked paper on pastedowns and first free pages is clean and fresh. Jacket is a strong Very Good Plus, usual delamination problem of top film bubbling off paper stock, jacket is very clean and much nicer than usually found, spine a tad sunned but real bright and clean, rear panel is bright and clean with vintage black and white photo of Michener in a suit and bow tie, First state jacket with original $3.50 price and 1/54 code intact on front flap. An ultra clean and most presentable copy in the First Edition.
Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. SAYONARA A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$137.44 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. First Printing stated.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Random House, New York, 1954. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean, unmarked copy, with price ($3.50) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Slight spine slant. Prior owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Moderate mildew scent. Jacket has fading to spine, and a short closed tear on the rear panel lower edge, as pictured. F800.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$158.32 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Sayonara.. New York, Random House [1954]., 1954.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Original 1/2 silver and orange stamped black cloth over brown boards stamped in orange and silver, top edge stained brown. Dust jacket (unclipped; slight fading to spine). Very good. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$216.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very nice copy with First Printing stated on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Quarter bound in black over brown boards. Clean and fresh with sharp tips. Only flaw to either book or jacket is neat inked last name with 1955 on front pastdown under front flap. Basis for film that starred Marlon Brando. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with a tiny tear at the top of the spine, in a very good dustwrapper with some edgewear and fading along the edges of the panels, laminate has partially peeled off. Includes a card with the author's Signature. Basis for the 1957 Joshua Logan film with Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Ricardo Montalban, and Red Buttons, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Laid in is a Signed photographic promotional postcard of Brando, in his military uniform from the film, apparently removed from an album, with glue remnants on the verso.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara.. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket, not price-clipped, unfaded, with just a little of the laminate lift associated with this wrapper. 243pp. This copy includes a custom bookplate SIGNED by Michener laid in. Moviesource for a Marlon Brando vehicle. Q12965
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, 1954.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and dated by Michener on froont endpaper to a prominent talk show host '1983 to . All the best - Sayonara James A. Michener'; with Michener's 'JAM' rubberstamp or 'chop' in red ink. True first edition of the familiar 'Japanese-Amer ican love story' (jacket upper cover) between an Air Force major and an act ress; 'First Printing' on title page verso and '1/54' on jacket front flyle af. Basis of the 1957 motion picture, starring Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki and Red Buttons. Cloth has minor shelfwear; foredge of text has some staining; price-clipped jacket has some delamination and wear. [8],243,[2] pages. b/w dec title page.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1954). First Edition. Fine, except that, as usual, the laminate on the dust wrapper is beginning to separate. Immaculate copy of this early novel which was the basis for the 1957 Marlon Brando film. Signed in full by Michener, Waihiki, T.H.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Sayonara. NY: Random House, 1954.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautiful really sharp Fine First Edition in equally Fine original dust jacket of this beloved Japanese-American love story. Basis, of course, for the immensely popular 1957 Joshua Logan-directed film adaptation by Paul Osborn which starred Marlon Brando, Myoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Ricardo Montalban, Martha Scott and James Garner. With the theme song by Irving Berlin, the film won Academy Awards for Art Decoration, for Buttons, and for Umeki. This highly worthwhile literary collectible is made even more so as it is boldly signed on the half-title by James A. Michener.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 243 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed by the author in blue ink on the half title. Groseclose A.008a Quarter black cloth and brown boards with silver lettering on front and silver, brown and red lettering on spine. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket, some toning on spine with slight bump at head of spine and light soiling along back cover
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Sayonara: A Japanese-American Love Story. Random House, New York, 1954.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, stated first printing, signed and inscribed by James Michener directly on the half-title page: "Doylestown Pa / Easter Sunday. / To Frederich B. Smillie, / A friend of my dear / Miss Lucie Price. / James A. Michener." Book with light toning to margins of endpapers, light toning along margins of half-title page, and faint toning to interior page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with two short closed tears to upper front cover, light wear/rubbing to extremities, light toning to spine/flap margins/back cover, a faint sticker ghost near edge of front flap, and a vertical crease to back flap, else fine. Association: Miss Lucie Riddell Price was the Dean of libraries in Bucks County where Michener grew up as a child. Price's library career began in Doylestown when she opened the town's first free library, the Melinda Cox Library: One of the first to sign up for a library card was 10-year-old James A. Michener. Michener's novel, Return to Paradise, was later dedicated to Miss Lucie Price, who was credited as the person who taught Michener to love books. Basis for the 1957 film with Marlon Brando, Myoshi Umeki, Ricardo Montalban, Martha Scott and James Garner.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.