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Michener, James A.. Alaska. Random House, U.S.A., 1988.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy in a price-clipped and very good dustjacket. This copy is signed by Michener directly on the title page--signature only. No bookplates or pasted in signature. A clean copy in a dustjacket that shows a bit of rubbing to the panels-- and is price-clipped. Protected in a new acrylic dustjacket covering and will be carefully packed and shipped in a box. First printing.
Seller: Classic First Editions-- IOBA, La Quinta, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska. Random House, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. New York; 1988; black illustrated glossy paper dust jacket with gold titles; dust jacket contains rubbing and minimal edge wear; author's signature and gift inscription on half title page; interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 868 pages
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James. ALASKA. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$168.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo; 868 pages; One of a 1000 copies signed by Michener. Book and slipcase fine, still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Alaska: A Novel. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by author on his personal bookplate with red stamp on the back of the front free end page in black pen, signature only. Third printing with 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 to number line. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; binding firm, minor bump to bottom front corner with mild bump to top rear edge else boards straight and clean; mild soiling to fore edge else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($22.50) has mild bumping and creasing to mostly spine ends. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. ALASKA. Random House: NY, 1988.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9.5 x 6", cloth, 868pp, very good condition in slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (#876) SIGNED BY JAMES A. MICHENER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. ALASKA. Random House: NY, 1988.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9.5 x 6", cloth, 868pp, very good condition in slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY JAMES A. MICHENER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska [SIGNED]. Random House, 1988.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED. Mustard yellow cloth, lettered/illus. in copper foil. Slightly bowed at head of spine from weight of text block, otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket essentially as issued, now in mylar. Stated 1st ed. 868 pp. Signed by author on upper title page, full signature, no inscription or date. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska. Random House Inc, 1988.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Condition: Very Good +; 1988. 8vo. Signed 1st edition. Book is clean with only light shelfwear. DJ in great shape, with some light shelfwear and some darkening along the top edge on the back side. A very nice copy of this first edtion, flat signed by Michener on the title page.
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
James Michener. Alaska. Random House, 1988.
Price: US$235.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: #750 of 1,000 copies. As New in the slipcase.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Alaska [Limited Edition, Signed]. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this being no.394. Octavo; cream-colored cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's paper-covered slipcase. Fine in a Fine slipcase, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A. (signed). Alaska (signed). Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$298.95 + shipping
Description: New York: Random House, 1988. SIGNED by James A.Michener, as "Jim Michener," directly beneath his printed name on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). SEE PHOTOS. Because this copy is signed DIRECTLY on the title page, it means that Michener personally handled the book (unlike copies with only a signed bookplate). A gorgeous copy of the First Printing. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears, creases, darkening or fading. NOT price clipped ($22.50). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (2468753) centered on the copyright page [Random House did not use the "1" in 1988 -- see McBride's GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF FIRST EDITIONS]. Illustrated with endpaper maps by Jean Paul Tremblay. Laid in are three downloads of Michener's signature for authentication. Bound in the original mustard yellow cloth, stamped in bright copper foil. Complete with dust jacket. SEE PHOTOS. SIGNED by James A. Michener. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xi, 868pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$349.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 868 pages. A handsome, collectible copy!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Michener, James. ALASKA. Random House, 1988.
Price: US$377.00 + shipping
Description: ALASKA, Random House, 1988, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author in the largest city in North America (in area), Sitka, Alsaka and dated at time of publication. What more could you want! 389.50 postpaid.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, no. 638 of 1,000 specially bound copies, numbered and signed by the author. Map endpapers. [xviii], 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe SIGNED edition. Groseclose A.049c White cloth, spin titled in gilt, boards pictorial with decorations in copper, gilt titles on spine. Fine, in publisher's eggshell slipcase Map endpapers. [xviii], 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, no. 638 of 1,000 specially bound copies, numbered and signed by the author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed by the author on an inserted leaf. Map endsheets. 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's presentation binding, signed by the author. Groseclose A.049 (this binding not noted) Publisher's presentation binding of full gold leather, spine titled in black, t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing at extremities. Fine Map endsheets. 868 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, signed by the author on an inserted leaf.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Alaska ***Signed***. Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., 1988.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed "James A. Michener 1995" in black ink. Also has Michener's JAM initials stamped in red ink. Born circa February 3, 1907, James A. Michener was taken in as an infant by his adoptive mother and later worked as a teacher and book editor. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his fiction debut Tales of the South Pacific (1947), which was adapted into a hit musical and film. Other works included The Source (1965), Texas (1985) and The Covenant (1980). A regular bestselling author, Michener died on October 16, 1997.
Seller: Legends In History, Meadow Vista, CA, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. ALASKA SIGNED. Random House, New York, 1988.
Price: US$624.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. Number 183 of 1,000 signed limited edition copies. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.