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James A Michener. Report of the County Chairman. Random House January 1961, 1961.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book signed with personal inscription, on first end page, Cover has some damage and staining, and couple of small missing pieces one near bottom of spine and wear at top edge of spine, page edges are soiled and has some small stains, book also has a slight spine lean, Jacket has been placed in a mylar sleeve to protect from further damage.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Report of the County Chairman. Random House, New York, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in original blue cloth-covered boards and very good dust jacket with with some short closed tears, creasing, and rubbing. The book has a thin line of sunning on the top edge of the spine and brief foxing on the bottom and foredges. Association copy with Michener's inscription on the front endpaper: "Allentown, Pa / -1962 / To Claire Hechenberger / News Reporter for Catasauqua / & Bethlehem papers. / All but good wishes. / James A. Michener." Also inscribed on the rear endpaer, "To Claire Hechenberger / A good Photographer / a good worker / a good Democrat / We're for Michener / Jane Thomson".
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Report of the County Chairman - Signed. Random House, NY, 1961.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Short inscription and Signed by James Michener.
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Report of the County Chairman. Random House, New York, 1961.
Price: US$199.95 + shipping
Description: Signed by author. Price clipped jacket.
Seller: michael diesman, Fresh Meadows, NY, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. Report of the County Chairman (Signed). Random House, NY, 1961.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold and black in a white dust jacket that shows a tiny bit of scuffing to bottom of spine. Endsheets show a bit of offsetting. Overall a beautiful first edition of this title -- Boldly Inscribed and SIGNED by Michener on the front free endpaper at the Allentown (PA) Fair in 1962, . A tight, clean copy of this signed Michener first edition.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$277.50 + shipping
Description: Signed & inscribed by James A. Michener, along with Jack Ford & Jack Wards (in the margins below Michener's initial reference to each), Sam Thompson (rear endpaper), to Mary Griswold, active in the Pennsylvania Bucks County campaign efforts. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), black spine label, gilt letters, 310 pp. Very Good+, with light soiling to covers & page edges, in a Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with a small, closed tear to lower cover, light foxing (age darekend spotting), & edgewear. From jacket: How Mr. Michener became his county's Chairman of the Citizens for Kennedy Committee, learned party politics and ways to use them, faced up to and fought religious and racial bigotry, and campaigned and barnstormed through eight states until Election Eve, is only part of Report of the County Chairman. In a larger sense, this highly readable "story" about our incredible country, and our stranger-than-fiction countrymen caught up in a fascinating and unpredictable political campaign, is one man's tribute to the democratic process and to the people who make it work. Political Science, John F. Kennedy, Democratic Party, United States History, American History, Political Science, American Politics, Election.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Report of the County Chairman. Random House, New York, 1961.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. [viii], 310, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf in black ink, "For Philip Horowitz, with all good luck, James A. Michener". Groseclose A.016b Blue cloth boards with gilt and black lettering on cover and black text box with gilt on spine. A fine copy in near fine clipped dust jacket by Paul Bacon [viii], 310, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. REPORT OF THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN Signed 1st. Random House, New York, 1961.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing stated. The book is dedicated to county chairman, Johnny Welsh, who also inscribed the book but on the dedication page: "To Helen, Best wishes and good luck, Sincerely, John T. Welsh, 5/10/62." ; Inscribed by James A. Michener. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.