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CARIBBEAN
by MICHENER, JAMES A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/Housed in Slipcase as Issued
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1989. Front cover with gilt palm leaves. Spine lettered in gilt. Very slight rubbing of title. Map endpapers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. This is #582/1000 specially-bound copies. Custom box in excellent condition. 673pp. James A. Michener (1907-1997) waqs an American writer fo over 40 books. He won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel, "Tales of the South Pacific". . Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Aqua Cloth. Nearly Fine/Housed in Slipcase as Issued. Thick Demy Octavo.
Synopsis
A typical Michener *roman a clef* spanning several hundred years of history of the Caribbean region. Starting with a few chapters of the indigenous history, it evolves to follow the fortunes of families from England, Spain, France and Africa as their experiences as plantation owners, imperial administrators and naval officers, slaves and freemen intertwine over the years to the time of publication of the novel (1980s). From a historical perspective, it educates on the role of sugar in the colonization of the various islands such as Jamaica and Haiti and how the legacy of colonization affects the culture and economic health of the current nations. One particularly interesting set of vignettes is devoted to the Caribbean service of the British naval hero Horatio Nelson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015413
- Title
- CARIBBEAN
- Author
- MICHENER, JAMES A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Housed in Slipcase as Issued
- Edition
- Limited, Signed Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- Thick Demy Octavo
- Keywords
- Modern First Edition, Autograph, Michener, Limited Edition
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
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Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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