The Thorn Birds
by MCCullough, Colleen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060129565
- ISBN 13
- 9780060129569
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1977). Hardcover. 0060129565 . Fourth printing. 530 pages. Brown papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 233 x 160mm. A novel. This copy inscribed by the author in large letters in black ink on the front free endpaper: "with best wishes Colleen McCulloch August 9th, 1977". Appended to the beginning of the author's inscription a previous owner has also made a gift inscription: "With love from Bernard and [. . .]". Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. Some foxing to page edges. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 8vo .
Synopsis
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author. In 1983 it was adapted as a television mini-series that, during its television run March 27-30, became the United States' second highest rating mini-series of all time behind Roots; both series were produced by television veteran David L. Wolper. The mini-series starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham, Philip Anglim, and Jean Simmons.
Reviews
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my favoritest book,i have already read it many times the love between megie and father de Bricassart is wonderful.i like it very much
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12714
- Title
- The Thorn Birds
- Author
- MCCullough, Colleen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060129565
- ISBN 13
- 9780060129569
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1977)
- Keywords
- 0060129565
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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