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Jailbird
by VONNEGUT, Kurt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape LTD, 1979. Hardback. First edition, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. first edition first impression in fine condition, not price-clipped, no markings. Published: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
Synopsis
Jailbird is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in 1979. Its plot concerns a man recently released from a low security prison after having served time for a minor role in the Watergate scandal. The novel uses a standard memoir format, revealing Walter F. Starbuck's current situation, then going back to tell the story of his first two days after being released from prison. Through Walter F.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roy Turner Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6765
- Title
- Jailbird
- Author
- VONNEGUT, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape LTD
- Date Published
- 1979
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Roy Turner Books
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About the Seller
Roy Turner Books
Biblio member since 2017
Stockport, Cheshire
About Roy Turner Books
With more than thirty years' experience of collecting literary first editions, I specialise in the areas of both contemporary and earlier fiction, poetry, drama and children's books with particular emphases on signed modern firsts, authors' first and early published books, American and Irish literature and literary prize-winning writers.
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- Fine
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