Travels

Travels, Michael Crichton. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988. First Edition; First Printing. First Trade edition following the private publication of the Franklin Library. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 377pp. Quarter blue cloth over green boards, gilt spine titles and gilt monogram initials to front board. 4cm light damp stain to jacket back top edge also affecting rear board and rear endpapers; top outer edge has foxing; volume is otherwise fine without markings, tears or folds. Unclipped jacket has light toning and otherwise in fine condition. "Fueled by a powerful curiosity--and by a need to see and feel and hear, firsthand and close-up--Michael Crichton's travels have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling. This is a record of those travels--an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction." From the Paperback edition.Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was an American author, screenwriter, movie producer and director. Trained as a physician, he went on to publish 26 novels, including The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The Lost World (1995), Airframe (1996), Timeline (1999), Prey (2002), State of Fear (2004).