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James A. Michener. The Drifters. Random House April 1971, 1971.
Price: US$60.01 + shipping
Description: Signed by James A. Michener on title page. Dust jacket has been price clipped, edges of cover have some shelf wear. Number line goes '9876543'
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. The Drifters. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: P/O bookplate to inside front with P/O stamp to fly o/w clean, unmarked with firm hinges sharp corners, clean boards. No DJ. Signed by author title page. BP/Signed Books
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Drifters. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed presentation copy. Inscribed on the title page by the author James A. Michener to the father of Michener's literary agent. Inscription reads "To Harry Laster, with appreciation for the good work his son Owen does on my behalf. James A. Michener." Dated 19 Jan 1972 in New York City. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps with minor nicks to the edges and a mended 1-inch tear. Spine and page edges sunned.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Drifters: A Novel. , 1971.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Description: MICHENER, James A. The Drifters: A Novel. Original cloth, publisher's slipcase. New York: Random House, [1971]. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Slight wear to slipcase, else fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Drifters [signed]. Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1971.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 751 pages; brick red buckram, metallic copper and silver spine titles over black label area, metallic copper facsimile signature to front; decorative endpapers; signed by author in black marker to limitation page, #137 of 500 copies; mylar dust jacket; uniform color paper over boards slipcase; minimal wear to boards; binding tight; jacket unblemished; sunning to case, number marked in ink on spine, minor spotting; a near fine copy in a very good plus to near fine jacket and good plus case.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Drifters (Signed & Numbered Limited). Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 303 out of 500. Book is Signed & Numbered by the author. on a specially bound in signature page. Specially bound in rust colored buckram with black label on spine in a clear glasine wrapper. Top edge is blue and facsimile signature of the author in gold guilt on the front panel. Housed in a near fine rust colored slipcase that exhibits fading.
Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Drifters: A Novel [Signed by the Author]. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 8vo. (12), 751 (5) pp. Limited First Edition, 1971. Of this first edition 500 copies have been specially bound. Each copy is signed by the author and numbered. This is No. 117. Only the faintest wear with equally faint age-toned bottom and fore- text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.75". Brown cloth with copper lettering to front board, black title plate with gilt and glossy magenta lettering to spine, blue top text block edge, and map on endpapers. In clear plastic protector. Size: Large Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Drifters, Signed First Edition Copy #461. RANDOM HOUSE, New York, 1971.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This is a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy in a fine, as new vinyl DW all in a fine, as new brown paper slip case. Copy number 461 of 500 copies, signed by the author in maroon ink. I can't imagine a better condition copy, looks like a new penny. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Drifters. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 500 specially bound, signed and numbered copies, this being number 70. Map endpapers. [xii], 751 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe SIGNED edition. Groseclose A.028c Adobe-colored cloth boards with gilt signature on front board, with black label and gilt titles on spine. Fine copy in publisher's adobe red slipcase, numbered in black ink at the foot of spine Map endpapers. [xii], 751 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, one of 500 specially bound, signed and numbered copies, this being number 70.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Drifters. Random House, 1971.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing; light soiling to page edges; edge wear, chips, and closed tears to dust jacket with $10.00 price intact; o/w NF/VG-; signed by James Michener on a book plate that is attached to the front free end paper; pictures available upon request
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Drifters. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$324.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "2" in the number line on copyright page (this publisher did not use a "1" at this time) and "First Edition" stated, the book is inscribed "New Hope 1971" and signed "James A. Michener" by the author, the book is in great shape overall, the gray-colored top edge of the pages has some faded areas but there are no other significant flaws, the jacket has a short edge-tear with associated short creases at the bottom of the front panel, moderate edge-wear at the spine-ends, corners and edges of the flaps and a small amount of very slight tanning on the white-colored flaps, the jacket is clean, the original price (10.00) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; ; 751 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Drifters. Random House, New York, 1971.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by James Michener directly on the title-page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a closed tear to bottom front corner, light tanning to spine, crimping around crown of spine, vertical crease near fold of front flap, soft creases and a shot closed tear to upper back flap, a few faint scratches, and light wear to extremities, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.