Birdy (signed)
by WILLIAM WHARTON
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Signed by author on the title page. The first novel of William Wharton, Birdy won the U.S. National Book Award in the category First Novel. The book was a also Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1980, ultimately losing to The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer. On one level, this is merely a novel about a strange boy named Birdy and his friend Al. On another level, it's an inventive tale about friendship and family. Quarter cream cloth with grey paper boards. In mylar-covered dustjacket. Front board impressed with wing design. Top edge powder blue. Fine. Tall octavo, 309 p. A fine copy of this wonderful classic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31561
- Title
- Birdy (signed)
- Author
- WILLIAM WHARTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...