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Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$7.16 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The pages show normal wear and tear. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Pages are clean! The cover has visible markings and wear. There is writing and/or marks on the cover There are stains or residue on the cover The dust jacket is missing. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.98
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The seventeenth printing of this book. It has two things going for it though. It is a solid square text, unfortunately with library marks all over. Best though is the dust jacket. It has mark along the edges of the flyleaves from glue. Not price clipped, has a 10.95 price. A good reading copy. This copy was published in 1980.
Seller: Prairie Home Books, Crosby, ND, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In Used Condition
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., A Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1969. Book Club Edition of the first edition with 1969 on title page, Book-of-the-Month-Club with no price on dust jacket, emboss on lower right of rear board, and 4 digit club code on jacket spine, Fine- in Near Fine+ Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is off-white quarter cloth to black boards, with black endpapers, square corners, black title, etc., to spine, and cloth showing some aging. The Dust Jacket is intact, with a 1 1/4" tear to rear panel at spine closed with archival (pH neutral) materials, and wear at head and heel of spine and top folds. See photos. 296 + i pages. 5 3/4" x 8 3/8". A best selling thriller about an outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona. This suspense novel has been called the first techno-thriller. It was the basis for the 1971 movie of the same name. Fine reading in a post-pandemic world. ISBN 10: 0394415256 / ISBN 13: 9780394415253 ISBN 10: 0394415256 / ISBN 13: 9780394415253
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$26.29 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$30.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred Knopf New York 1969, 1969.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Description: worn dust jacket Very Good small octavo 295pp., references, Very good copy in a rather worn dust jacket
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G+/VG-. First ed. 295 pp. All first edition points. DJ sunned, creased, and chipped at spine. Spine cocked. Boards heavily soiled at top and bottom spine edges with additional soil marks on spine. Board edges lightly rubbed and soiled. Bottom page edges lightly soiled. Price reflects condition.
Seller: Books to Die For, The Woodlands, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$39.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Book Club Edition. Previous owner's small bookplate on front endpaper, else a clean, solid hardcover bound in quarter cloth with unmarked text. The dust jacket presents well under fresh archival mylar despite some wear to the spine ends and folds. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket of Crichton's first book published under his own name. 295pp.
Seller: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
The Andromeda Strain. Michael Crichton. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The spine strip has beige cloth with black lettering. The boards are black. 30 chapters; references. The spine strip's top edge is darkened. An intermittent 3/8 in. stain is on the cloth on the left side of the front board. The foredge has light soiling from reader handling. Half of the top edge of one page is a little wrinkled. The pages have a slight, musty odor. DJ: The back flap has the publisher's 5/69. Light wrinkles are along nearly half of the top edge. Nearly half of the front flap has vertical crease lines. The reverse side has several large spots of foxing. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Beige backstrip w/black lettering and black boards. Unclipped DJ is mylar protected. This would be a lovely copy had a child not gotten to it with a ball point pen. Scribble marks on half title, little scribble on title, two text pages, rear DJ flap. There is also a dampstain top rear edge of DJ. Naughty, naughty little child. Top edge black stained.
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with illustrated DJ. Black boards with black lettering on white spine. Title and copyright page 1969. Stated first edition. 295 pages. Slightly shelf cocked. DJ faded, tape along top and bottom edges of DJ. Price of $5.95 on front DJ flap. Corners and top and bottom edges of spine bumped. Very Good condition. Binding clean and tight. Book plate on front inside cover, belonging to Leonard W. Veid. Please contact us with questions or if you'd like to see photographs.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Size: 8.5"x 5.5", 295 pages. This is a BOTM edition.
Seller: Ink & Quill Books, Oak Harbor, OH, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$56.09 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$56.14 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$56.37 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12mo. Quarter cream cloth, black paper boards. 295 pp. Spine cocked. Dust jacket is bumped and sunned to extremities, with a short tear to head o front joint and former price in pencil to front flap. The Andromeda Strain sets forth with almost documentary verisimilitude the unfolding story of "Project Wildfire" - the crash mobilization of the nation's highest scientific and medical resources when an unmanned research satellite returns to earth mysteriously and lethally contaminated.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$56.37 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12mo. Quarter cream cloth, black paper boards. Top edge black. 295 pp. Spine cocked. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped and sunned to extremities, a few small chips to spine ends, a few spots of light damp staining and soiling. The Andromeda Strain sets forth with almost documentary verisimilitude the unfolding story of "Project Wildfire" - the crash mobilization of the nation's highest scientific and medical resources when an unmanned research satellite returns to earth mysteriously and lethally contaminated.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$56.48 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: LibraryMercantile, Humble, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$57.82 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$58.48 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Page edges dampstained. (Thrillers, Science Fiction)
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (Book Club) Firm copy with minor bumping to corners. Bright dust jacket with minor wear to edges and spine ends. Slight tanning to spine.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$62.88 + shipping
Description: The Book-of-the-Month-Club edition of Michael Crichton's classic outbreak novel, in the original dust wrapper. The Book Club first edition of Crichton's popular novel. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.With '0514' number to dust wrapper back strip tail, and with 'Book-of-the-Month-Club' to head of each of the dust wrapper flyleaves.This was Michael Crichton's first novel published under his own name, an exciting techno-thriller that investigates the outbreak of a deadly extra-terrestrial microorganism in New Mexico, and follows the team of scientists investigating it.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1969, to the half title. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards, and unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Small loss of paper to dust wrapper back strip tail, with two chips and small closed tears to the dust wrapper back strip head. Small closed tear to head of front wrap, and light edgewear to rear wrap tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., New York, 1969.
Price: US$64.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black and tan cloth hardcover, stated first edition, first printing. The dust jacket still has the price showing--however the dust jacket has a piece of the lower spine area paper cut out. Email us for a photo, we ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf/ Random House Inc. New York, 1969.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book club edition (BOMC) unknown printing of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with a bit of wear to the bottom of the spine and two tape ghosts on the flaps from a previous archival cover. Four scientists are brought together to a secret facility to study a unmanned research satellite that returns to earth mysteriously and lethally contaminated. The basis for the 1971 film of the same name starring Arthur Hill, James Olsen, Kate Reid and David Wayne. Also the basis (loosely) for the 2008 A&E Network USA mini-series also with the same name.
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Crichton, Michael. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$66.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Author's First Book under his own name. Scan available on request
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$68.05 + 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.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$68.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$68.16 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$68.71 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$69.51 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$69.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$69.85 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$69.98 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.81
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$70.25 + 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.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$70.28 + 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.
MICHAEL Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$71.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain [Hardcover] Crichton, Michael. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition 2nd printing - not book club - not price clipped ($5.95) tape residue on cover - some foxing to side page edge - otherwise dust jacket fine binding strong contents clean - now in mylar cover) enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain Crichton, Michael. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition 2nd printing - not book club - not price clipped ($5.95) tape residue on cover - some foxing to side page edge - otherwise dust jacket fine binding strong contents clean - now in mylar cover) enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
CRICHTON, Michael.. The Andromeda Strain.. New York, Alfred A Knopf 1969., 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. A few very faint spots of foxing on the fore-edge, otherwise fine in very good price-clipped dustjacket with a couple quarter inch professionally closed tears at the head and tail of the spine (with an accompanying faint fingernail-size stain at the head). Author's first book under his own name. Pestilence, politics and sci-fi suspense. The US edition is much more attractive than the UK version.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 295 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$5.95" price present. White cloth over black paper covered boards with spine stamped in black; black endpapers and topstain. Dust jacket creased, toned, with minor wrinkling along edges with mild curling to edges of flaps. Moderate lean to boards and separation at top of spine, light shelfwear, ink smear to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; [SIGNED] 1969 Alfred A. Knopf. HC/DJ 3rd printing. Soundly bound in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5.95 isue price intact to unclipped front flap. Bookplate signed by Crichton is mounted to the front flyleaf. Binding just slightly shelf cocked in the spine; trace shelf/finger soiling to the front edge of the page block. Mild shelf tapping bottom front corners. Dust jacket rubbed and with a few nicks and short closed tears at edges. Accordion stress creasing to jacket front flap. Publisher's blue top stain is uniform and solid. A decent and still generally attractive signed copy of the original edition. VG-/VG- at best; Signed by Author
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$112.94 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Book is in NEW condition.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$112.98 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Hardcover with dustjacket, ex library with stamps and wear, dustjacket unclipped with original price First edition 5/69 on back flap
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Book-of-the-Month-Club Selection. 1969. Two pages have the remains of pencil scribbles, otherwise pages are clean. Dust jacket has a yellow discoloration (from a label?) on the front and chipping along the edges. Booksavers receives donated books and recycles them in a variety of ways. Proceeds benefit the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and around the world.
Seller: Booksavers of MD, Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$157.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy of his first book with First edition stated on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Quarter bound in white textured cloth over Black boards. Black endpapers. Clean with sharp tips, Price intact jacket has $5.95 on inside flap. Two long creases on inside front flap and faint toning to jacket. Basis for film of same name. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$169.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD condition DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small stain to bottom of spine. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Nice topstain. Faint ink markings top of FFEP. Slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. ********************************************************* Here on offer is a very nice copy of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain, his first novel under his own name; a thriller that was the basis for the 1971 film with the same title. This is a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Alfred Knopf in 1969. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ****************************************************** " . . . Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning: sterilisation procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the fringes of space in order to 'collect organisms and dust for study'. **** Then a probe falls to the earth, landing in a desolate area of northeastern Arizona. A little while later, in the nearby town of Piedmont, bodies are discovered heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. But the terror has only just begun, because when they try to find the cause of death, the scientists don't realise just what kind of unearthly danger they are dealing with. **** Brilliantly filmed by Robert Wise in 1971, The Andromeda Strain was the first book to introduce Michael Crichton's audacious combination of believable plots and white-knuckled excitement to a wide audience." ********************************************************** John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 November 4, 2008) was an American writer and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton s novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center specifically around themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical training and scientific background. **** Crichton received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969 but did not practice medicine, choosing to focus on his writing instead. Initially writing under a pseudonym, he eventually wrote 26 novels, including: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The Lost World (1995), Airframe (1996), Timeline (1999), Prey (2002), State of Fear (2004), and Next (2006). Several novels, in various states of completion, were published after his death in 2008. . . . ********** The above text was taken from, respectively, Arrow publishing (via Google Books) and Wikipedia. [Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda strain. United Kingdom: Arrow, 1993.]
Seller: Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth-backed paper over boards; illustrated dust jacket. Spine tips very lightly rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly rubbed; tiny chip on rear panel, near head of spine; near fine in mylar, not price-clipped. An excellent copy of the author's first book.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition/First Printing.$5.95 On Flap. Pure White Jacket. Ink ownership Name. Beautiful Copy Of The Author's First Book Under his Name. Great Movie Of The Same.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$247.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 295 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact. Crichton's first novel written under his own name. Some spotting to gutters. Foxing to spine. DJ a bit toned and worn at extremities. An attractive copy despite the flaws.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book has been bound with black paper over boards, an oatmeal colored cloth on the spine and black lettering. An address label has been attached to the front end paper and there is an inscription opposite of the title page. Otherwise the text is very clean and solid in it's binding. There is very little corner bumping or spine edge wear. The dust jacket is unclipped and shows some bending on the inside flaps, otherwise complete. We have placed it in a protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1969.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey Cloth with black paper covered boards in white, illustrated DJ. Stated 1st edition with review slip laid in. His first novel published under his real name. Adapted two years later into a film.
Seller: The Book Lady Bookstore, Savannah, GA, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
Price: US$297.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition. 295pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book is free of marks or inscriptions; spine slightly cocked, a few bumps and smudges to boards, text block shows modest aging. Price-clipped wrapper is bright, with minor toning. Well kept. Crichton's first book published under his own name. A satellite returns to Earth harboring a deadly plague. Basis for the 1971 movie directed by Robert Wise.
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 295 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. His 2nd book and the 1st published under his own name. A team of scientists must find an antidote to a deadly virus brought back to earth by an unmanned research satellite. Made into the 1971 movie by Robert Wise, starring Arthur Hill, Kate Reid & David Wayne. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.