The Painted Bird
by Kosinski, Jerzy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, rubbed at the surface, closed tear and a small chip to the top edge of the front panel. Brown buckram with dark brown lettering on the spine, blind lettering on the front board. Square, bound with some reading wear and a brown top stain, clean internally. Kosinski's controversial novel about a boy in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2808
- Title
- The Painted Bird
- Author
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...