Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1976. Book. Illus. by Illustrated By John Collier. Very Good. Hardcover. [Limited first edition]. 8 vo, (24cm). bound in full leather,color illustrations, gilt cover and spine, all edges gilt,4 raised bands, green moire endpapers, silk page marker, "This limited first edition of The spectator bird by Wallace Stegner has been privately printed exclusively for members of the First Edition Society"--Preliminary page. Retired literary agent Joe Allston passes through life as a spectator until he discovers the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace years before.

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Bookseller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11257057
Title: THE SPECTATOR BIRD
Author: Stegner;Wallace John Collier; Franklin Library (Pa.),; First Edition Society
Illustrator: Illustrated By John Collier
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: [Limited first edition]
Publisher: Franklin Library
Place of Publication: Franklin Center, PA
Date Published: 1976
Size: 8 vo, (24cm)
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Americans -- Denmark -- Fiction. Danish Americans -- Fiction. California -- Fiction. Older men -- Fiction.Denmark -- Fiction. California.
Bookseller catalogs: Literature; Franklin Library Editions;

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