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New York: Doubleday. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good- dust jacket. Rubbing, few open tears along panel edges and spine crown/heel. ; Personalized by author on most of FEP. ; Signed by Author .

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First Edition / Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Signed limited edition of Roots by Alex Haley.. Octavo, viii, 587pp. Brown leather, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Top edge gilt. This copy appears largely unread. Housed in publisher's slipcase. From a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Alex Haley, this is number 371. Roots received a Pulitzer Prize special award in 1977.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Early Printing. Hardcover. Early Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author. ROOTS. THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY. Presentation Copy. Early Trade Edition with a very warm full page presentation inscribed by Haley on the ffe. dated 11 / 11 / 76: "Paul Jones. Kunta's family wishes the very warm best to you and your family! - Alex Haley". 8vo. 587 pp. A near fine copy in original 1/4 black and bronze cloth covered boards gilt lettered at the spine in a very good dustwrapper with a closed tear at the bottom of the rear panel. Acknowledged more as a work of the imagination today rather than strict scholarship, Roots was the publishing sensation of the 1970's & remains the most important 20th century literary event in black literature. It was adapted into the hugely popular, 12-hour television miniseries, ROOTS, in 1977 [The first ever TV miniseries], & a 14-hour sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, in 1979. Haley earned a Pulitzer Prize special award in 1977 for Roots &… Read More

Doubleday, 1976. Signed First Edition. As the first black American writer to trace his origins back to their roots, Haley told the story of 25,000,000 Americans of African descent. Later a television series.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 587pp. A crisp, clean, very good copy, with some isolated foxing to the top edge, some ink notations on the rear free endpaper (only), otherwise a nice example. In a very good dust jacket, with some shallow chips at the spine ends. SIGNED by Haley on the front free endpaper.

Doubleday, 1976-09-17. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 6x2x8. Signed by Author. Doubleday & Company; Garden City, 1976. Hardcover. First Edition[Stated]. Signed and inscribed by author directly on front free endpaper. A Very Good, brown boards and black cloth spine with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some crimping to spine edges, mild discoloration/foxing to top front and rear board, some age toning to pages, rubbing along board edges, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, some scatted foxing to text block edges and front/back matters, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunning to spine and verso, small clear taped spot verso bottom spine, few small moisture spots top front panel and verso, bit of scattered foxing to verso panels/flaps, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked but signed copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 587pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery… Read More

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition (1976.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 587 pages. Laid in author's signature," Alex Haley." The book and dust jackets (there are 2 of them) are in very good condition some toning due to age. The interior is clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. "When Roots was first published.. the book electrified the nation: it received a Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 New York Times bestseller for 22 weeks. The celebrated miniseries that followed a year later was a coast-to-coast event-over 130 million Americans watched some or all of the broadcast...the family ancestry of author Alex Haley [and] a symbolic chronicle of the odyssey of African Americans from the continent of Africa to a land not of their choosing." Tan spine/Dark Brown text. #032690. Signed. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. African American History.

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 in very good conditionThe book is inscribed and dated by the author on fep: "Alas, the book is not of fish, but so glad to know you, dear Vivian and Bill, who have deep "roots" in my much admired Britain. Now come see one of your "colonials" Thats ? with affection May 6, 1979"

ROOTS, Doubleday, 1976, first edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. SIGNED by the author.

E-283: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday, New York. 1976. 588 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Alex Haley on the FFEP. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ. Bound in 1/4 black and bronze paper covered boards gilt lettered at the spine. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. When Roots was first published forty years ago, the book electrified the nation: it received a Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 New York Times bestseller for 22 weeks. The celebrated miniseries that followed a year later was a coast-to-coast event-over 130 million Americans watched some or all of the broadcast. In the four decades since then, the story of the young African slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants has lost none of its power to enthrall and provoke. EB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 688 pages; Signed by Author .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday. Gold boards with black spine and gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square. Wear to spine ends and corner tips of boards. Signed by Alex Haley on the publication page. First edition. Pages are clean throughout. The dust jacket has original pricing intact, light surface soiling and chipping, fraying and wear to edges. The dust jacket is now within a protective mylar sleeve. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1976.

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 Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Later printing/21st printing. Light edgewear to hardcover. Light tanning to top of text block. Unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author and dated October 29, 1988 on the front free endpaper.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in a very good dust jacket. SIGNED with an elaborate signature by Levar Burton, star of the TV series based on the book. Also included is a Burton Reading Rainbow bookmark. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Book had minor foxing on page ends; and very slight shelf wear. Dust jacket has original price of $12.50 printed on the front flap. Light rubbing/soiling; chipping at the corners and spine ends. Very good.

SIGNED
FINE/FINE
1976
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
"ROOTS"
BY ALEX HALEY
DOUBLEDAY
Fine/Fine, Unread, First Edition, Later Printing, Alex Haley, "Roots" Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket. It is signed and Dated to someone by Alex Haley on the first free endpaper. Pages are clean. Page block is immaculate. Square, solid binding.

Doubleday Books, August 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Doubleday, September 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED / VG/Very Good. LAID IN BOOK CARD WITH HALEY'S SIGNATURE, UNDATED. FIRST PRINTING.used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 6x2x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "11/1/76 For George--my very best wishes!" Multiple tears and chips to jacket edges which have been mended with tape. 1976 Hard Cover. viii, 587 pp. "Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, transported to North America; following his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley. The release of the novel, combined with its hugely popular television adaptation, Roots (1977), led to a cultural sensation in the United States. The novel spent forty-six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List, including twenty-two weeks at number one. The last seven chapters of the novel were later adapted in the form of a second miniseries, Roots: The Next… Read More

NY: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/Poor. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed. Dust jackett has chips and rub along edges and a 2in tear in the spine. Inscription is to Tom Kerncamp third grandchild of E.M. Holt - with best wishes. dated 4/30/77