Birdy by Wharton, William - 1979

London: Cape. VG+/VG (see notes). 1979. 1st Eng. hardcover. 12mo . 309pp . The artist's first novel. Light wear to DJ. .

Jonathan Cape, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First UK Edition. Very good or better in like jacket. Ownership signature of author john Metcalf on FFEP. Edgewear to green cloth at head and foot of spine. Very minor rubbing to jacket with minor edgewear at fooot of spine, otherwise a tight and clean copy.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 310 pages. Author's first novel which won the US National Book Award for a first book. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Jonathan Cape, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by previous owner. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GN. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Jonathan Cape 1979 First UK Hardcover Edition 8vo 310pp ISBN 0-224-01732-2, 1979 Near Fine original green cloth, gift inscription to ffep, otherwise internally fine throughout, in VG+ DW. Jacket art by Helen Cherry.

Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Helen Cherry -- Cover Art. IV, 314 pages, last 4 blank. Pale olive coloured endpapers. Light green coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping, rubbing and creasing to the head and to the heel of the back strip and bumping to the top book corners. Shelf wear to the lower edges and there are some stains to the top edge. The internal pages have become slightly tanned and the text block edge is brown and stained to the front fore edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Helen Cherry, with yellow and green writing on the front panel and back strip. Rubbing and a little creasing to the dustwrapper corners and to the dustwrapper edges. White of the background has become somewhat dull and yellowed. The story of a man who has been obsessed with canaries since his 13th birthday. We find him at the beginning of the story in a mental hospital just after the end of the Second World War. His… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original green boards gilt (top edge a little sunned & speckled, forecorner of two leaves slightly creased) in dustwrapper (top edge rubbed & a trifle frayed); pp. [vi (last blank)], 310. A very good clean copy.. First UK. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1979. Hardcover. 0224017322 . 310pp; lacks front free endpaper. Very good copy in very good dustjacket; 220 x 140mm .

London, Jonathan Cape first edition - h/c in d.j. Within the padded walls of a military hospital shortly after V-J day, squats William Wharton's extraordinary hero with back arched and breastbone protruding. Occasionly he hops and cocks his head, but he utters not a word. Who is to say Birdy is mad? His sub-standard army psychiatrist still hasn'tcaught onthat the patientthinks his a canary. 223 x 142mm., pp. 6, 310, orig. green papered bds., contents - small rubbed area top r.h. corner ffep - NO INSCRIPTIONS, d.j. crease on spine - no chips NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0224017322

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 01/08/1979 00:00:01. hardcover. Acceptable. 3.1976 in x 21.3837 in x 13.9894 in. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover.