Owls Do Cry
by FRAME, JANET
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Pegasus Press Limited 1957. First edition of author's first novel, octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 211pp, VG (some rubbing with loss of colour to boards & spine, light bruising to lower spine extrem, light tanning and soiling to eps, slight tanning & foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (small segement missing to spine, chipped & scuffed edges)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 183628
- Title
- Owls Do Cry
- Author
- FRAME, JANET
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pegasus Press Limited 1957
- Keywords
- Janet Frame New Zealand literature fiction novel first edition
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...