[Rarebooks] FS: Seven by James Michener, some signed, some price reduced

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Price reduced:    Was $150   Now  $100:

MICHENER, James. THE FLOATING WORLD. New York: Random House, (1954). 
First Edition. Illustrated with color and black-and-white plates. Near 
Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with typically sunned spine and a small 
chip at the head of spine. (#000288)        $100.00
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MICHENER, James. HAWAII. New York: Random House, (1959). First Edition. 
Nice copy of this relatively early Michener novel. Fine in a 
price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper, the spine a little darkened. 
(#014850)        $100.00
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MICHENER, James. RECESSIONAL. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 
1994. First Edition. Bound in decorated leather and illustrated with a 
frontispiece. Limited edition preceding the trade edition with a special 
message by the author not in the trade edition and SIGNED by him as 
well. New in shrinkwrap. (#002592)        $90.00

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MICHENER, James. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. . Fine 8" x 10" portrait of a late 
middle-aged, pensive Michener, nicely SIGNED. Ink number on verso. Fine. 
(#002170)        $125.00

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MICHENER, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. New York: Macmillan and 
Co., Ltd., 1950. One of 1500 SIGNED copies of this Pulitzer Prize 
winner, both the original novel and the slightly later musical, produced 
as a special edition for the American Booksellers Association on their 
golden anniversary. This copy is covered in an old glassine but probably 
not the original unprinted glassine dustwrapper which is rarely seen. 
Only slight dullness to the spine which is often found with the gilt 
completely rubbed away. Small faded spot, less than the size of a dime, 
on the front cover. Still Near Fine. (#002967)        $250.00
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[MICHENER, James] RODGERS, Richard; HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar; & LOGAN, Joshua. 
SOUTH PACIFIC. New York: Random House, (1949). First Edition. This 
well-loved musical, winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, was 
based on Michener's first book, TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, itself a 
winner of the Pulitzer in 1947. This copy has the second state of the 
copyright notice. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with the usual 
sunning and slight soiling of the spine which is still readable. 
(#001373)        $125.00

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MICHENER, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. New York: The Macmillan 
Company, 1950. Eleventh printing of Michener's first book and winner of 
the Pulitzer Prize. With an early INSCRIPTION SIGNED by the author: "The 
Colony Club/March 10, 1953/To Annette M. Schieffetin,/In recollection of 
a pleasant/afternoon./James A. Michener." Minor fraying to spine tips. 
Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#009834)        $250.00

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