Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Michener, James A.. SPACE [Signed]. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 622 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine black with white and light blue lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$17.95." Rubbing with light chipping and tearing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Mild staining to spine. Age toning to inner flaps. Minor rubbing and light bumping to corners of boards. Mild staining to edges of textblock. Signed flat by Michener on half title page. Shelved in HC Fiction. 1377083. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SPACE. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$53.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Michener-signed bookplate affixed to front free-endpaper. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears, light foxing. Mapped endpapers.; Signed by Author
Seller: Books on the Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1982.
Price: US$58.50 + shipping
Description: 1st Trade Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author on bookplate on half-title page. $17.95 price present on DJ flap. Also includes laid-inthe original 1982 review from New York Times Book review.
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing, hardcover. SIGNED by Michener on a special bookplate for IBM acknowledging their contributions to the space program affixed to the half title page. A very good plus copy with a bump to one corner and some very light wear but with tight binding and clean text in a very good dust jacket (some edge wear with rubbing at the spine ends and the corners). Now protected in an archival cover.
Seller: Books Again, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James, A. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This copy is in good condition with minor bumping and edgewear. The DJ is slightly faded, with minor creasing. The author's signature is on the FEP. The Text is slightly faded with age, but remains tight in the binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, U.S.A., 1982.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page. Blue full-cloth boards with gold foil-stamped cover and spine. Near Fine cond. Flaws: top spine cover is lightly pulled and prev owner's inscription and bookplate cleanly attached. NO other flaws - NO other markings throughout - NO rem mark and not an ex-lib copy. DJ is VG- with some chipping, toning and price-clipped.
Seller: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Good to very good price clipped dustjacket,book is very good to as new.1st.edition,later printing,Signed or inscribed by Michener,To Steven Green James A.Michener 1983,we are professional booksellers,100% refund,T734
Seller: born again books, henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House Inc, New York City, 1982.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Flat-signed and inscribed (To David) by author on half-title page. Blue full-cloth boards with gold foil-stamped cover and spine. Textblock and all pages are clean and bright white with NO folds or creases. Flaws: spine tail is lightly bumped, top spine cover is slightly pulled, and minimal fading to board edges and upper portion of spine (barely noticeable). Very slightly shaken but joints and gutters are perfectly secure with NO tears or creases. NO other flaws - NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has minor chipping at spine edges and toning to extremities of flaps. One tear and rubbing to fold of rear flap but NOT missing pieces. Price intact: $17.95. Protected in Brodart cover. Photos avail upon request.
Seller: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Signed and dated by the author. No inscription or other markings.
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.
Michener , James.. Space. ( Signed , Limited ).. Random House., New York, 1982.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition , first printing of this , the SIGNED and limited first edition. Published in NY , 1982. A near fine book in the original binding . Clean with contents excellent. The book was issued without a dust jacket , but in a cardboard slipcase which is very good but has fading at the spine of the slipcase. This is copy # 269 Signed by Michener.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James A. (SIGNED). SPACE. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Thick Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY JAMES A. MICHENER ON HALF TITLE PAGE. 622(2)pp. Bound in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, a fine copy in near fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. An informative novel based on the activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the fascinating people and intricate machines connected with it.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
michener, james a.. Space. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$143.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with Slipcase. SCARCE LIMITED FIRST EDITION #436 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only.no inscription). Slipcase shows light edge wear and rubbing/light scuffing, Book appears barely used with very minor marks on cover. Pages clean and unmarked. COVER BOARDS ARE SILVER with black printed label on spine on this limited edition. There is no dust jacket.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SPACE. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: SPACE, Random House, 1982, first edition, a vg+/near fine copy in like dust-wrapper. SIGNED and dated by the author in the year of publication.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SPACE. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed First Edition with number line. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ edge slightly rubbed at top, otherwise in very nice condition, $17.95 price on flap with protective mylar cover. ; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 622 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Carlson Turner Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Space: A Novel. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by author on Half title page in blue pen, signature only. First edition stated with complete Random House number line. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; subtle soiling to edges with minor bump to top and bottom edges else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($17.95) has mild bumping and chipping to mostly spine and flap fold ends with minor toning to flaps, slight fading to spine. Color sharp to covers. 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. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine signed limited edition, one of 500 copies numbered and signed by the author. Still in publisher's slipcase and sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Unopened. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Shrink-wrap still has sticker with original price of $50.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. SPACE. Random House: NY, 1982.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9.5 x 6.5", cloth, 622(1)pp, very good condition in slightly edge sunned slipcase (lacks glassine wrapper). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY JAMES A. MICHENER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 622pp. A fine, fresh, unread copy in the publisher's silver boards. In the publisher's slipcase, also fine, and with most of the original shrinkwrap retained, along with a leaf of tissue (which we've never seen) intended to protect the front board from rubbing, and a little hand-numbered slip, indicating the limitation number. This is number 423 of 500 limited copies SIGNED by Michener on the limitation page. A very nice example, basically as new.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space (signed first edition). Liveright, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, stated with 2 as the lowest number in the line per Random House policy. Also there is a blind stamp on the back cover that normally indicates a book club but according to Firsts magazine in the "Points" column, all first editions of this book had a blind stamp as this had a massive first printing and was just produced with one cover but the book club does not have the first edition statement. Signed by Michener on the half title page and dated in year of publication. There is a gift inscription on the blank endpaper. A near fine copy with a small spot on foredge and a couple of small spots on front cover along spine in a near fine unclipped DJ, now in archival mylar wrapper. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #118
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A. (James Albert). Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 25 cm, 622 pages. Maps, edges soiled, DJ worn with some tears and chipping, erasure residue on front endpaper. Signed by the author. Novel about Gemini and Apollo manned flights.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION; number 324 of 500 copies signed by author James A. Michener on limitation page. Very Good+ in slightly sunned and shelfworn slipcase. Black-stamped silver cloth; minor softening to spine ends; internally very clean; binding tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore since 1992.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition, publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Signed, inscribed, and dated in year of publication by James A. Michener directly on the half-title page: "To Mike Roberts / James A. Michener / 1982." Mike Roberts was an American radio and television sportscaster in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a faint shallow crimp to bottom front cover, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$181.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Michener to WQXR radio host and author, Lloyd Moss, "To Lloyd Moss, who managed a fine hour of conversation about music. Thank you, James A. Michener/13 Sept. 1982." Blue cloth with pictorial endpapers. Publisher's publicity sheet laid in. Foxing to the page edges, else unmarked. Printer's embossed stamp to the bottom right corner of the back cover. The dust jacket is rubbed and creased, primarily to the front flap, which has the publisher's price of $17.95. A fictional account of the development of the American space program. Groseclose A.043. ; 622 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Bungalow Books, ABAA, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
James Michener. Space. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$187.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Limited to 500 signed copies. This is #388. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line beginning with 2 (which in 1982 signified a Random House first printing). Signed by James A. Michener on the limitation signature page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, and clean silver boards. Light creases to spine ends and top back corner. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Faint bottom tip creases to pages 551-552. Illustrated color endpapers. No dust jacket as issued. Black cardboard slipcase has light shelf wear, else fine. 622 pages. 6½ X 9½" tall. Engineer Stanley Mott, astronomy student John Pope, naval hero Norman Grant, and rocket engineer Dieter Kolff serve as principals in the forty-year history of America's space program and share the complex drama with numerous others.
Seller: Armadillo Alley Books, Carrollton, TX, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$188.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Number 155 of 500 copies only specially bound and signed by the author. Silver cloth in black cardboard slipcase. book is almost fine in slightly rubbed and edgeworn slipcase.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Michener, James. Space. 1982 New York, Random House, 1982.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Signed by Author Cloth. Here is a beautiful copy of another Great Michener epic. The volume is signed by the author and is in Fine condition. There are no bumped corners and the text is as clean and bright.The dustjacket on this book is near fine with a tiny bit of shelf-wear to the top of the spine panel. The dustjacket is price-clipped. This is a book Club edition but it is of high quality. Readers who are familiar with the works of James Michener will recall that his books generally take place in vast time frames, ranging from hundreds to millions of years. The action in Space is confined to a period of only forty years but in a setting that extends for billions of miles beyond the surface of earth. The American explorations and discoveries in space are the principal subject matter of this engrossing and informative novel. True to form, Mr. Michener takes us on an incredible ride, and this novel is a real page-turner. We are pleased to send pictures on request.
Seller: Geoffrey's Rare Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
James Michener. Space. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Space by James A. Michener. Copy number 411 of a signed limited first edition of 500 copies published in 1982 by Random House. Slipcase has some toning on both sides and a couple of small white smudges at the top but is otherwise sound structurally. Book itself is in near fine condition.
Seller: Nash Books, Huntsville, TX, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Space. New York: Random House, 1982.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, sliver cloth with title blocked in black and lettered in silver; publisher's slipcase. First edition, one of 500 numbered copies, signed by Mitchener. A handsome copy of a timely work.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. SPACE. Random House, 1982.
Price: US$342.20 + shipping
Description: SPACE, Random House, 1982, first edition, head of spine gently bumped, else fine in slip-case without dust-wrapper as issued. 1/500 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Space. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, no. 80 of 500 specially bound, numbered copies, signed by the author. Map endpapers. [xii], 622, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe SIGNED edition. Silver cloth boards, titled in silver. Fine copy in black slipcase as issued. Slipcase has light toning at edges, else a near fine copy Map endpapers. [xii], 622, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, no. 80 of 500 specially bound, numbered copies, signed by the author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. SPACE Signed Ltd Ed. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$474.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Inscribed by James A. Michener. ; 8.7 X 6.4 X 1.8 inches; 622 pages; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. SPACE SIGNED. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$484.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; Personalized by author on half title page. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. SPACE Signed Ltd Ed. Random House, New York, 1982.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. ; Signed by James A. Michener. Limited to 500 signed copies this is # 266.; 8.7 X 6.4 X 1.8 inches; 622 pages; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.