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Michael Crichton. Five Patients The Hospital Explained. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1970.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt lettering on red boards in a white pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 239pp. Author inscribed on the first free end paper. DJ corner clipped.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Michael Crichton. Five Patients: The Hospital Explained [Signed]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1970.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First Edition (stated). Signed by Michael Crichton at front free endpaper without inscription. Octavo. 231 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in brown and gilt; dark topstain. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly worn along edges with some mild wrinkling. Boards faded and stained along top edge, continuing to topstain; corners mildly bumped; light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages else unmarked. Very Good.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Advance paper bound proof signed by author on Title page in black pen, signature only. First edition stated. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Soft cover book; binding tight, small modest soil spot to top and fore edge with minor rubbing to bottom edge, ink name to reverse of front wrapper else text free of marks, appears unread; wrappers have mild toning to edges and spine with two pea sized soil spots to front, mild rubbing and soiling to rear. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.