THE PAINTED BIRD
by Kosinski, Jerzy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: The Modern Library, 1970. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Baskin, Leonard (jacket illustration). Among other honors, THE PAINTED BIRD won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France for the best foreign work of fiction. Kosinski also won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel STEPS. Fine, in black cloth boards with debossed "ML" blind stamp on front, and bright silver spine titles; book exhibits no wear or age-toning of pages, has sharp corners and clean text block edges. Dust jacket is very good, is not price-clipped, but with minor chipping at spine ends, and a small vertical tear and crease above title at top: jacket is largely intact and presents very well in mylar. Very scarce title, especially in this condition. OFC 3F
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021960
- Title
- THE PAINTED BIRD
- Author
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Illustrator
- Baskin, Leonard (jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Los Angeles, California
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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