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First edition
Hawaii
James A. Michener
Random House, 1959. First edition, later printing.
$25One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Very Good
- Jacket
- Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-ee6b782aef84
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-ee6b782aef84 · 9 photographs of this copy
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copyright, Random House, New York
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True first states "First Printing" on copyright verso
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This copy's copyright verso carries NO printing statement
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Jacket rear flap lists The Source (1965) and Iberia (1968) — a later-state jacket
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Jacket imprint carries ZIP code "New York 10022" (post-1963)
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Rear jacket stock number 394-42797-1 is a later Random House numbering
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Flaws, each one named
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overall toning/tanning to jacket, front and spine
noted on the copy in hand
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chipping and wear at spine head, jacket
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creasing and edge wear to jacket panels
noted on the copy in hand
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soiling/finger-smudge stain to front jacket panel
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toning to page-block edges
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Random House, New York, 1959, cloth in jacket; copyright page of the true first states "First Printing"
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.