Owls Do Cry

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Good. cover is in good condition - unfaded with few chips but some of edge on lower rear missing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New endpapers Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry draws on many details of her own life. Her… Read more about this item

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1958. Second. Cloth. Good/Good. Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry draws on many details of her own life. Her childhood was shadowed by poverty, sickness, and accidental death, and shaped by the power of the spoken and written word. At twenty-one, she was institutionalized in a mental hospital and later saved from a… Read more 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… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped (stamped $3.75). Red cloth, a small indent in the spine edge and a short tear at the foot of the spine, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, red top stain, clean internally.… Read more about this item

New York: Braziller. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. First US ed. Price clipped. Signed "Janet Frame" on Title page. Tape mark on rear flap of do. Old book plate on front fixed end paper.8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Counterpoint, 2012. Paperback. Fine.

Christchurch: Pegasus, 1958 June 1958 second edition. spine and cloth very slight fade, no inscriptions or marks etc to the text. fep offset toned from DW flaps. DW is G+ rubbed along flap folds, chipped bottom corner, peice chipped from the top of the S of 'owls' clipped top corner, top of spine strip chipped with loss to the… Read more about this item

George Braziller, 1996. 210pp. Trade paperback, slight crease to back lower corner tip, "Owls Do Cry is Janet Frame's first novel. She describes her idea behind it in the second volume of her autobiography", . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

george braziller new york 1960. first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Braziller, 1960. First U.S. edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 210 pp. Very good book with light edge wear to cloth boards with small ink mark to cover and toning to end pages, price-clipped dust jacket in very good condition with small segment displaced from crown of spine, lightly worn edges… Read more about this item

hutchinson of New Zealand 1985. octavo illus light card covers, 167pp VG+ quirkily INSCRIBED, DATED and SIGNED by Janet Frame using her full name to friend on half title page. Lengthy note on rear ep from the friend on the circumstances of receiving the book in 1985

Paperback. Very Good.

UNITED STATES: Bolinda Audio, 2008. Audio Book. Good. AudioCD. 8 AUDIO CD SET withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. We will polish each of the Audio CDs for a good sound. You will receive a reliable set. Enjoy this presentable AUDIO CD performance..

New York N.Y., U.S.A: Quality Paperback Bookclub, 1984 Three novels in one volume. The cover has a bit of wear, a small crease on the front, and light fading on the spine. The page edges are lightly foxed. A few pages are a little warped. Owls Do Cry: 211 pages. The Pocket Mirror: 121 pages. An Angel at My Table:… Read more about this item

Routledge, UK, 1995. Paperback. Condition: Good. Coffee stain bottom edge first few pages not affecting text. Otherwise very clean interior..

Sun Books. Good. 18 cm. Paperback. 1971. Reprint. 172 pages. Text tanned<br>Growing-up is the theme of this beautif ully written, poignant story of an educated, but, impoverished Ne w Zealand family. It is often those most troubled members who hav e the clearest perceptions of life. .

Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1958. Book. Good. Orange Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 211 pages, old name and date on front endpaper, spine is a little soiled..