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The Bridges at Toko-ri
de James A. Michener
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
Precio
EUR 103.34EUR 87.84
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Sobre este artículo
Random House. New York. 1953. "Michener's best"- in scarce dust jacket. Bridges at Toko-ri, an important early novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, won high praise on publication as "Michener's powerful work about the Korean War, "Michener's prose is fluid and rich, beautifully descriptive, precise and clear" (Vinson, 947). Basis for the Oscar-winning 1955 film starring William Holden and Grace Kelly. First edition with no "First Edition" on copyright page, owner's signature, faint blue top-stain and blue endpapers. Book is fine, light edge-wear, faint soiling to near-fine price-clipped dust jacket protected with removal mylar cover. 5.25x8.25 in. 147 pg.
Sinopsis
James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home . Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 194
- Título
- The Bridges at Toko-ri
- Autor
- James A. Michener
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Editorial
- Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1953
- Páginas
- 147
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Korean War, war movie, Oscar winning movie
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Walcott, Iowa
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