Roots

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First edition of Haley's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "March 11, 1977 To John Rockefeller III- very warm wishes to you and your family from one family of Kunta Kinte! Alex Haley. The recipient John Rockefeller III was a… Read more

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First edition. Number 311 of a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Alex Haley. In publisher's brown leatherette binding with gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt, in publisher's slipcase. Fine, with faint patch of soiling to base of spine. A lovely copy. … Read more

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. One of 500 numbered, signed and specially bound copies. Fine in the publisher’s slipcase. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. Signed limited first edition of Haley's classic work, one of only 500 examples, this is number 341. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine slipcase. Published in October 1976 amid significant advance expectations, Roots was immediately successful, garnering a slew of positive reviews and debuting at #5 of The New… Read more

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.,, 1976. Large octavo. Original black cloth-backed tan boards, titles to spine in gilt on a tan faux label, fore-edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Slight sunning to top edge, a hint of rubbing to spine ends, the binding otherwise sharp, internally crisp. A near-fine copy in the very good jacket, verso a… Read more

NO DUSK JACKET BOOK COVER SHOWS LITTLE WEAR PAGES GOOD NAME OF OWNER ON 1ST PAGE 688 P

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Near fine. First trade edition in first-state jacket, warmly inscribed in the year of publication: "11/30/76 / Tom and Barbara McDermott, / I want to join Stan and / Marilyn in wishing you a / Very Merry Christmas! / Alex Haley." ROOTS is a saga of dislocation and strength in… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First edition of "the most highly acclaimed book of our time" (Washington Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Jinx, and Molly, and Ellis, and Abel- Kunta Kinte's family wishes the very warm best to all of… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First edition of "the most highly acclaimed book of our time" (Washington Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Alex Haley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Al Nagy. Published in October 1976 amid significant… Read more

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Doubleday, 1976. Large, thick book, black cloth spine, dark gra;y boards, purple background at spine top with very bright gilt lettering, lightly browned at pages' exterior edges. On first front end paper, a note printed by a child presenting book as Christmas gift to her Daddy, a black Vice-President of Merrilll Lynch. Then in black felt-tip pen: "Oct 24,… Read more

Publisher: Doubleday Date of Publication: 1976 Binding: Hardcover Condition: This is the only stated Doubleday Edition from 1976.Both the DJ and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight as a drumAcceptable

New York: Doubleday. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385037872 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 9.2 X 5.9 X 1.8 inches; 688 pages; Original dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First edition, early printing of Haley's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "May 15, 1983 For Gerald S. Henderson- warmest wishes from the whole Roots family of Kunta Kinte! Alex Haley." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.… Read more

Hutchinson, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1977. The title is on the spine in gilt. Overall condition - very good/excellent - the book is very clean and bright - Internally - all complete and in overall excellent condition - clean and bright. The book is complete with d/w - which is… Read more

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2007. 30th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 899 pages; VG; bound in fine brown genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt decorative motif on covers; gilt text block; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; unused bookplate loose within; shelved case 7. 1305068. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Doubleday & Co, 1976. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by author Haley on the free front endpaper to former Walt Disney Company president Card Walker and his wife Winnie; near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket; gentle wear to jacket edges, some rubbing to jacket back, small ink mark across top of jacket spine,… Read more

Doubleday. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1976.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in a dust jacket with light wear and tear. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Compnay, Inc, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine cloth first edition Signed and inscribed by author with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ in protective mylar cover. Minor chipping and shelfwear at bottom of DJ spine, not price clipped. Lettering is crisp and bright on book spine; spine is… Read more

New York: Doubleday. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385037872 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 1/4 inch open tear at top and bottom of rear panel. Stated First Edition. ; 9.2 X 5.9 X 1.8 inches; 688 pages; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in… Read more

Doubleday, 1976 Edge wear, closed tears, discoloration, creasing and a small chip to front spine fold of dust jacket with $12.50 price intact; previous owner's name on front paste down; o/w VG+/VG; signed by Alex Haley on a book plate that is attached to front free end paper; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very… Read more

Doubleday, 1976-09-17. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.8000 9.2000 5.9000. Stated first edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear and tear, chipping and rubbing, tidemarks. Cover shows minor wear. Small, light penci on the front free endpaper upper corner. Embossed… Read more

New York: Doubleday. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385037872 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 9.2 X 5.9 X 1.8 inches; 688 pages; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. viii, [2], 587 pp. Original black cloth and paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Near Fine with remainder mark on bottom edge, light rubbing, gift inscription on front free endpaper, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. The bestselling… Read more

Doubleday, 1976-09-17. Hardcover. Good. 1.8000 9.2000 5.9000. First edition, SIGNED by Alex Haley on the title page with a personalized inscription. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear and light tanning. Minor foxing on the edges and endpapers, pages are clean.

Everything but the dust jacket is in very good shape. Preveous owner put name in corner in small print, price on inside cover. overall excellent book.

Wings, 2000-09-05. Hardcover. Used:Good.

PLEASANTVILLE, NY: READERS DIGEST. FINE IN WRAPS. PUB 1974. ISBN: PICTORIAL FRONT COVER WITH 11 ILLUSTRATIONS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. THE 59 PAGE BOOKLET CONTAINS THREE PARTS: 1. MY SEARCH FOR ROOTS: ABLACK AMERICAN'S STORY (6 PAGES) 2. ROOTS \ PART 1 \ REPRINTED FROM THEMAY 1974 ISSUE (29 PAGES) PREVIEWING FROM HIS THEN FORTHCOMING BOOK PAGES79-84, 227-238, 242-262, 3.… Read more

New York: Doubleday, 1976. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. 587 pages, very thick 8vo, black cloth-backed tan boards, dust wrapper (light edgewear and surface rubbing). Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. Presentation copy, signed in full and inscribed on front free endpaper: "September 1976, Carole Dolph, lovely lady, Kunta… Read more

GC, DOUBLEDAY, 1976, 1976. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED) FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385037872.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1976. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black and tan boards. Near fine in dust jacket with slight wear. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. The basis of an influential TV mini-series, later the cause of great controversy involving Haley's sources. The book greatly spurred a rebirth of Black Studies. A very well preserved copy, bright, unmarked and unclipped. In a Brodart jacket cover.

Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0385037872 . Later printing hardcover. Inscribed to ffep by Haley, dated 11/12/76. Trace shelfwear to board edges, tiny spot to rear board, and few folded page corners nearly at page tips. The DJ in mylar has a trace edgewear, crease to spine, minor faint blemish to front… Read more

Garden City, N.y.: Doubleday & Co, 1976. First edition stated. Price clipped jacket has very minor edgewear. Tight, square attractive copy. In mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hutchinson, London, 1977. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Thick, heavy Octavo size (8vo). 688pp . . . . . . . . .. .CONDITION : An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (pages faintly tanned) in an almost AS NEW complete Dust Jacket (minute barely visible nick to rear fold, looks new in its removable transparent protector).… Read more

Stated first edition of this wildly popular and seminal work which sold over a million copies and remained no. 1 on the Times bestseller list for months. The pages are in near new condition. The only flaw I could find was that a previous owner (presumably) printed "John Irving " at the top of the first fly leaf. The… Read more

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition, early issue, $12.50 price on dustjacket, no statement. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original cloth backed boards lettered and decorated in gilt. viii, 587 pp. A very fine and clean copy with only the very lightest mellowing to the jacket and some very light edgewear to… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Warmly inscribed and dated by the author on the tipped-in free front endpaper in black felt pen. Inscription reads: "August 13, 1980 / For ----- -------- - warmest / wishes to you and your / family from me and / the whole Roots family / of… Read more

Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1976 Clothbacked boards. Octavo. Minor shelfwear. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has a little very light browning near the spine and one small tear.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good with neat owner's gift inscription penned on front fly, spotting on top page edges, some pages neatly dog-eared, spine ends lightly bumped in a very good lightly tanned dustwrapper with spine ends chipped. A groundbreaking book which pioneered mainstream interest in African-American antecedents and culture. The… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. Book Club Edition. good, fair to good. 688, DJ somewhat worn/soiled: small edge tears/chips, some wrinkling to endpapers. Inscribed by the author. Haley's epic about several generations of African-Americans was made into a blockbuster television mini-series. Perhaps more than any other single work, this one changed American perceptions of the… Read more

New York: Doubleday.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385037872 . First trade edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (1"-inch neatly repaired tear at upper seam of spine on rear panel. Couple small edge nicks in jacket. ) Pulitzer Prize winner & basis for the television mini-series. (O); 8vo … Read more

New York: Doubleday and Company, 1976. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright date 1976 first edition, First Printing. Brown and black cover over boards with gold lettering on the spine no tears or bent pages, nor any writing. Dust Jacket no bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Shelf wear to the edges and to the… Read more

Doubleday, 1976-08-17. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Doubleday & Company, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In like Jacket. First edition Stated.$12.50 On Flap. The Great Bestseller of 70's Small Bookplate Beautiful Copy..

New York: Doubleday. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385037872 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket,. First Edition stated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest, 1974. READER'S DIGEST PUB May and June 1974., Very Good; this is Parts I and II of the three part series printed starting in May 1974, prior to Doubleday publishing Mr. Haley's story in 1976. First Printing. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. fine; clean, tight, & attractive./very good; light rubbing to dj edges; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; muted yellow boards with black spine strip; gilt spine lettering; 688 pp. dj has full page b/w photo of author & 12.95 price intact on dj flap.