Travels.
"The minute we look, we cease being afraid": Limited First Edition of Michael Crichton's Travels; Signed by Him
Travels.
CRICHTON, Michael.
$125.00
Item Number: 146870
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of Crichton’s fourth, final, and most famous non-fiction book, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and interior illustrations by Robert Wisneiwski specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition.
Michael Crichton's books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films, most notably the Jurassic Park franchise. His fourth and most famous non-fiction book, 'Travels,' records his transformation from Harvard Medical School student to successful writer and novelist, exploring the depths of his self-realization through travel and spiritual education.