The Source by James Michener, First Edition (50 results)

Hardcover, dust jacket protected in new mylar wrap. Light blue cloth over boards, gilt and dark blue design and text on cover and spine. Salmon topstain. Deckle edge. Clean, square copy. Text unmarked throughout. Personal library sleeve and card on front free endpaper, never loaned out. Dust jacket price clipped, small 1cm tear along bottom edge. tb/1sts.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Later PRINTINGS. All three have yellow painted edges, are 4.25"x7" and fit into a 5"x7.25" cardboard slipcase. Spine straight, bindings tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped w/various prices, unmarked. Centennial's front cover is removed. Mild edge wear.

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition. 909 pages. Gold pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning to edges Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1979. First Edition Thus. 909 pages. Dust jacket over black paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Heavy foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A first edition, first printing of The Source, one of James A. Michener's most ambitious novels, exploring the history of the Jewish people through an archaeological excavation at the fictional site of Makor in Israel. Beautifully designed by Tere Loprete, with maps and diagrams by Jean-Paul Tremblay. Classic mid-century design with decorative turquoise cloth binding and symbolic motif stamped on the cover. A collectible piece of historical fiction from one of America's bestselling authors.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. Stated First Printing. VERY GOOD+ (SLIGHTLY INDENTED SPINE) IN VERY GOOD UNPRICED DUST JACKET WITH MINOR RUBBING.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. First edition, First printing, 1965. No jacket. Blemish on foredge. No markings on text. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jean-Paul Tremblay (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. ? Author: James Albert Michener (1907-1997) ? Book Design: Tere Loprete ? Jacket Design: Guy Fleming ? Maps & Diagrams: Jean-Paul Tremblay ? Publisher: Random House New York NY U.S.A. 1965 The Source is a novel telling the story of the development of Western Civilization through the Jewish people and the establishment of the modern country Israel. To tell his story, Michener uses an imagined archaeological dig in Israel at a fictional location called Makor (the Hebrew word for Source), and from artifacts found at various levels he creates narratives around the artifacts using fictional and historical characters to construct a story about the Jews, from the dawn of civilization to today (1964). x + 909pp. James Albert Michener (1907-1997) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American writer. He wrote more than 40 books. He was famous for novels which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in a particular geographic location and incorporating detailed history. Many were made into movies. Former Public Library copy marked as in service July 1965 has usual ink stamped ownership and pastings. Hardcover has teal cloth boards with navy waves and gold lettering & designs across spine and front cover in a plastic protected Dust Jacket. The protected DJ (5/65) was taped to the exterior of the book. Top page-edge tinted red. Interior is tight, clean, and text is unmarked. Unclipped DJ has no markings or stickers pasted to it, so it is in Fine (As New) condition. ? Size: 8to - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, 919pp. ? Condition: Acceptable Hardback in Fine (As New) Dust Jacket. 1st Edition, 1st printing. Trade Edition. Former Public Library copy. Copyright 1965. Stated First Printing. DJ date and Library Service Date support. Manufactured in U.S.A. No ISBN. LCCN: 65-11255. MSR = US $7.95. Thanks for Looking! Prior Owner Name No Value.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Roger Coleman (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Man With The Golden Gun. The Vine And The Olive. The Source. Geordie. The Century Of The Detective. Spine Undamaged Save For Slightest Of Dents To Top End. Boards And All Pages Both Tightly Bound And Clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The jacket is really well preserved. Hardcover with unclipped DJ. First book club edition, early printings. Mapped end papers. In text illustrations and a few maps in the end of the text pages. A fine plus book in a near fine jacket. A small edge tear to jacket. Else, great. Tight clean unmarked. A handsome copy. 909 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth on boards with female figure in silver gilt on front and titling to spine. Large book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Nice map endpapers and top edge dyed pink. Book is at least Near Fine, perhaps fine. Nice original Dust Jacket with very little scuffing or shelfwear, now protected in mylar wrap. Book of the Month Club Selection stated on DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Selected Works The Source. The Bridges at Toko -Ri. Caravans. Sayonara 1976.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Nice 1st edition copy of James Michener's - The Source. hardcover in unclipped dustjacket; stated 1st printing. Published by Random House, 1965. In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict. "A sweeping chronology filled with excitement." "Some jacket wear and tear,some light cloth edge discoloration, otherwise clean and tight, very good" BX49.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Turquoise cloth. Map endpapers. 909 pages. Previous owner's name. Dust jacket has chips and tears. The price ($7.95) is intact. Two stains to front board. A solid copy.

Hardcover rare first edition first printing from 1965 in near fine condition! Turquoise cloth boards with gold lettering and gold and blue decorations. Slight edge wear to cover and some sun toning visible on spine. Spine is square and the binding is firm and tight. All inside pages are in clean and unmarked condition, as are the endpaper maps at both the front and back of the book. This novel of historical fiction takes readers on a full excavation of Tell Makor, a mythical Israeli site where settlements have accumulated atop the ruins of previous cities, as Michener explores the development of the modern Jewish people through their struggles in the ancient Holy Land.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket Stated First Edition. $7.95 On Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Classic.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st ed/14th printing. Signed and inscribed by author "To Paul ******" dated 1974. Shelf wear and edging to dust jacket and covers/boards. Corners and spine bumped. Several small tears and chipping to dust jacket. Price clipped from inner flap of dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Previous owners name is stamped inside on front free end paper. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited Edition, #403 Of 500 Copies, Signed By James Michener. In A Very Good Slipcover. In A Glassene Dust Jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st.

Hardback Leather Binding. Condition: Fine Condition. Richard Sparks (illustrator). Limited Leatherbound Edition. BOUND IN LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING AND DESIGN ON COVERS PLUS GILT EDGES AND SILK ENDPAPERS AND SILK BOOKMARK.

First printing. 8vo, pp. 909. Maps on endpapers. Cover somewhat soiled and warped, o/w VG in chipped dj.

Hardback Leather Binding. Condition: Fine Condition. Richard Sparks (illustrator). Easton Press Limited Edition. Complete with bound-in silk book mark and silk end papers and gilt edges. The covers have gilt lettering and gilt decorations.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Early American Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket price clipped, red mark on top edge, maps on endpapers.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Few small open tears along panel edges. Chipping at spine crown.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Front hinge cracked.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Both hinges cracked. Light stain on top text block edge.

leather_bound. Condition: Full brown morocco. Fine. First edition. 909 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco stamped in gilt foot of inside back cover, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels. Two maps at rear, refrained as endpapers in color: The Locale and The Galilee.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. light blue cloth, blue design, gilt lettering, dust jacket unclipped, 909 pp first edition dj chipped bottom of spine. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good / Good Plus. Stated First Printing. Octavo, 8.6 in x 5.8 in. pp. 909. Turquoise boards with dark blue horizontal zigzag lines and gilt amulet figure to front. Gilt title and dark blue zigzag lines to spine. Publisher's red top-stain. Light sunning to top edges. Light rubbing to extremities. Endpaper maps. "$7.95 / T.S / T.H." and "5/65" to front dustjacket flap. Light age-toning to edges off dustjacket. Chips and small closed tears to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar.