Description
Random House, New York, 1968. First edition. Stated first printing on copyright page. Mustard cloth boards with bright gold printing on cover and spine. Binding square and tight, with bright orange top stain. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs taken by Robert Vavra. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “At Gardy’s Store / X-mas – 1975 / To Geraldine Gardy, / Wife of the owner of this store – in which I once worked. / James A. Michener”. Alan Gardy a former Lehigh basketball player, was Michener’s basketball coach. The Gardy’s owned a stationary store on Main Street in Doylestown, PA. A very nice association copy.
